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Most of this is suggestions about the dogs but I wanted to tell you that, being older doesn't mean you won't be able to handle it. My grandmother chases around my toddler for hours while I'm at work. You can do it.
Neither of my 2 dogs (a german shepard and a rottweiler) had any problems when I brought my oldest daughter home. I spent special time with them every day so they didn't get too jealous of the baby and reinforced their obediance training as often as possible. Do the introductions to the baby gradually, while one person is holding the baby and another has the dog on a leash.
One at a time introductions seemed to work better for me. We allowed the dog to approach, told her to "down" and when she dropped, let her sniff the edge of the baby's blanket.
Both of my dogs (intact females actually) can be a little wary of people who are not 'pack' but we've never had any trouble with them and my daughter. We always taught her respect for the dogs even when she didn't understand and always make sure that she stays out of the dogs crates and away from their food. Both will now politely walk around on a leash held by my three-year-old even though they each outweigh her by nearly a hundred pounds.
Another suggestion, if your dogs have never been around small children before, you may want to expose them to normal baby sounds and sudden noises (maybe a tape). Sheila's breeder also suggested that we start to occasionally tug on ears or tail or poke fingers into her mouth to get her used to possible oops's on the part of a child. I wouldn't do it if the dogs aren't already well trained but it seemed to work well for us.
I can't really offer any cat tips except for the suggestion to never let them into the room with baby unattended.
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