On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:23:26 -0800, aspasia wrote:

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 20:28:14 -0600, "Steve Barker LT"
wrote:

What does the baby have to do with it?

Not to answer for the mother, but she might be afraid
the cat would jump into the crib to "investigate" (cats ARE very
curious) and might accidentally hurt the baby.

Don't cats have salmonellla (or do they eat salmon? It's one of
those.)

Or shistosomiasis, or psoriasis?

Or some contagious disease?