I'll let Lady's Human weigh in when he sees this, but all our big dogs were far more aware of where any baby was than the baby was aware of the dog. And that includes our kinda mentally slow(er than even a normal Dane) 3/4 Dane mix, Gracie, who weighed 140 pounds. Our dogs were never restrained or kept away from babies, and we all - nieces and nephews included, have lived to grow up okay!

The only thing we had to be careful with was not letting babies pull themselves up using the doggie's delicate skin.