I don't have a baby *yet* but I have already been told by a few people that I should get rid of my pets (Roscoe included...). I really don't know why people think that you have to do that when you have kids (especially cats). I don't clean the litter box now, just to be on the safe side, but come on, I am not about to get rid of any of my pets. They are my kids too, and I believe that they will be great with the baby. Maybe it's an old wives tale or something that you should get rid of pets? I don't know...anyway, I even asked my doctor about it and she said it's perfectly safe (although she did prefer that hubby clean the litter box...and I told him that he had to clean up Roscoe's waste from the yard too ).