baby is fortunate to be with you! yup, you need to be a good pack leader, that's for sure. all the advice you've been given is what i would have said as well.

watch 'dog whisperer' on tv. honestly, it'll change the way you view dogs and really assist you with baby.

no touch, no talk, no eye-contact - that's how people meeting her for the first time should behave. if they sit with their back to her... it allows her to smell them without feeling intimidated by their eye-contact.