I had my cat for 4 years before I had my son. I was worried about many of the stories people had told me about cats adapting to the new additions. My mother gave me her copy of the magazine "Cat Fancy" and in it it said several things about having the two meet (baby and kitty). One of the thing I found incredibly helpful is to bring home a piece of the new baby.......by that I mean, a blanket or hat or something that the baby has touched so the kitty can get used to the smell. I don't know if that will work with adopting (I am not to familiar with that). But that seemed to help quite a bit. My kitty never got in the baby's crib and hardly went into his room at all and was overall pretty okay with him being around. She never attacked him or anything.
GOOD LUCK!
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