Hi

I agree with the other ladies who have said no need to get rid of the cat. Regardless of age of animal, whether it is a dog or a car or what its behaviour its behaviour is "usually" like you would never leave it alone with a new born baby. You just then need to take measures to make sure the cat can't have access to the babies room (whether it is there or not). Most animals accept that they can't have an "access all areas" pass and will keep to themselves especially if there is something that makes a lot of noise around.

Also check out cats reaction to baby crying - go to You Tube and play one of the many baby crying clips. The cat may just bolt!

We tried this with our "first born" - our puppy who is now 18 months old and his initial reaction was hilarous. He stopped dead in his tracks stood with his head on the side trying to work out what the sound was then stood on his hind legs checking out the computer trying to work out where the sound was coming from ................. then just ignored it and went back to playing with his toys when it obviously wasn't doing anything else. We have been told to make sure to bring home something with the babies scent on it from the hospital before the baby comes home but I don't know if this works with cats or not ............ google should probably be able to tell you that though

Last comment and I'll shut up. Personally I think it is really important developmentally for kids to grow up with animals so I wouldn't get rid of the cat. I also think your vet could probably give you advice on how to make sure cat keeps away from baby.

Hope this helps