Originally Posted by editeur

Most probably that cat defended his "kitten", as most animals do. From what I read, this cat was with this child since his birthday, and cats often "adopt" other young animals, including humans, and treat them as their own kittens. I've seen it myself in one of my friends family, where cat even tried to move the baby by the kid's scruff. It's just an instinct, but nevertheless it in this cat this instinct was stronger than instinct of self-preservation, it says a lot about this cat.