BP's and newborn human safety...

I haven't been around here in a quite a while, since my BP plans are still on hold. I now have a 7-month-old daughter, and my mother was giving me crap about wanting a BP. She doesn't like snakes at all, so she's already biased. But after talking about it a bit, she eased off a bit from total condemnation to just not understanding why I'd want one.

It's not like she has any role in the decision whether I get one or not, I don't live in her house and her opinion on this is totally irrelevant.

But my two 60-lb greyhounds and our two cats are her "grandpets". Go figure.

All of the previous posters are exactly right...it's more about managing the child's access to and interactions with the animal than the animal itself. Young children shouldn't be left unattended with pets of any kind, for the safety of both the child and pets.