Cats vs. Baby: The cuddle offensive

This week as we've stepped up our efforts to prepare for the Short Stranger's arrival by reading up on breastfeeding, the labor process, etc., our 3 cats have responded with a coordinated effort of distraction that I'm calling the cuddle offensive. If I'm surfing early labor symptoms on my lap, one--sometimes two--cats respond by attempting to wedge themselves between me and the screen. The same goes for Mike when he tries to read any one of our books on labor and pregnancy.

This case is aptly illustrated below in two pictures of Mike attempting to read Penny Simkin's The Birth Partner, a book we strongly recommend, incidentally. It's one of the only books we know that provides an in-depth guide for a partner during the labor process (find reviews here at Amazon.com).
Notice in the second photograph that Tim succeeds at stealing away Mike's attention. Of all of our cats, he's the most skilled at this kind of face-to-face combat.

Based on these pictures alone, in the battle of cats vs. baby:
Cats: 1 pt.
Baby: 0 pt.
(Undoubtedly this will change once the Short Stranger is born.)