I can only tell you about a personal experience I had with my neice. My sister stayed with me for awhile after her baby was born. I had a cat that was very loving and adored the baby. The only problem we had was that my kitty would crawl up onto the babies chest and sleep on top of her. She was is no way trying to hurt the baby but we were afraid that all that extra weight on the tiny babies chest was a very bad idea. We just made sure to close the babies door when she was sleeping and we couldn't keep an eye on her. When the baby was in her infant seat or anywhere else we let the kitty snuggle with her and they really loved each other. I think it depends on the how the cat reacts and just some common sense things that you would watch out for with any animal. Each situation is different but I would certainly never get rid of an animal because of a new baby. I would think you could easily make adjustments according to the situation.