They can be great pets bought up with littlies
In the end if YOU want to vacume every day/every 2nd day then go for it...i personally couldn't handle having all the hair and little kidlets around, i definatly couldn't handle it again now with another bub crawling now...did it when my eldest was crawling and it was NOT fun.
We are hoping next year to get another puddy tat...a burmese/siamese/tonkinese or egyptian mau.