Acrylic nails tend to make the ends of the nails "soft" to feel. It's difficult to scratch someone if you have acrylic on your nails... unless you pick at the acrylic and it chips & becomes sharp.

But keep in mind... if you have acrylics - you really should do refills every 2-3 weeks. They can look really tacky if you leave it longer then that.
And as you are probably aware... the acrylic application STINKS.... so you would not want to have a baby around when you are getting refills.

So before getting acrylics on your nails consider the following:
- are you able to spare an hour or so every 2-3 weeks to get refills
- are you able to have your baby taken care of when you get refills
- it is a financial commitment to get them on and maintain them regularly