I loved having the cats around Dylan when he was a baby, and I would never dream of giving up a cat just because I was having a baby. Houdini was Dylan's little protector. She would watch over him at all times, and if he cried she would come get us and glare at us until we picked him up. Our cats too slept in the crib with Dylan all the time, and he's none worse for wear, except being a cat crazy kid.