When my daughter was an infant, my stepmother-in-law warned me, "don't let the cat near the baby...cats will put their mouth on a baby's and suck the life out of them." She was completely serious.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- My daughter thought bumblebees were baby hummingbirds. — Carolyn
- on "highway to hell" i always thought it goes "baby see, baby do" instead of "hey satan, payin´ my dues"— Miss Understood
- That because Gerber Baby Food had a baby on it real babies were put in there. Thanks a lot cousin!— Nicole
- I used to believe that a baby shower was a tiny bathtub with a showerhead just for the baby.— Amy
- I used to believe all cats were female. It completely shocked me when I learned otherwise.— Billy
- I alwaysused to think white cats were girls, and black cats were male ...— Smiley Face