I have 3 children and we only had Molly had at the time but what we did my husband brought home the blanket the babies were wrapped up in at the hospital and let the dog sniff the blanket out this way she would get the sent of the baby and when we brought the babies home the dog was fine. Curious of course so we held the baby down and let her sniff and all but she was fine the only time she got startled was the first few cries and she went over to look to see were it was coming from.With toddlers you just want to be sure the pup wont jump on them knows it's boundaries with the kids.Buster came along when my son was 1 1/2 and they bonded instantly.I have yet to have a problem but my kids no to treat all of are animals with respect and are animals know there limits with the kids although there are a few occasional accidents but that is all it is is an accident such as when my son walked past the Buster while he was in full charge after his ball and my son got flipped up in the air but he laughed about it,same thing happened with my daughter looked like something out of a movie :lol: You'll be fine when it comes time for those lil ones