Getting a cat with a baby?

[Garthfield]

Looking for some advice.

DH and I are considering adopting a feline friend. Our current circumstances are the following:

• We have just moved into a house we have inherited while we wait for it to sell. So we have no landlord to get permission from.
  
• We have a 5 month old baby.
  
• DH works full time Mon-Fri, I am on maternity leave until September when I go back 3 days a week.
  

We would like to adopt a cat from a rescue but are wondering if the above circumstances are okay for us to do this? Would you recommend a kitten or an adult cat? We don’t have a particular preference on age of the cat.
The reason we would like to get one now is that I will be home all day to care for it until it settles in.

[MycatsaPirate]

No I wouldn't. Not if you are planning to move once the house sells. Cats don't like upheaval and it would be a bit much to take it on and then have you back at work and then have to move.

Honestly I would wait until you are settled, your baby is a bit older and past the fulling/grabbing stage.

I'd then go and look at homing a pair of young adult cats when you have a settled home and your baby is old enough to know not to eat cat food, pull the cats tail and play with the litter trays.