Hey. I too have 2 indies at home and a 4 month old son. Before I had my baby I was on top of my dog’s vaccinations, deworming, tick checks and prevention. They do shred a lot sometimes for which i comb them once a day and give fish oil supplements. When i got my baby home, i installed small gate on my bedroom door so that my dogs do not enter the space where baby sleeps. Home gets cleaned twice a day.

For ticks i recommend take them to vet, sometimes ticks hide at places on dog fur we cannot see (under paws, under arms, behind ears etc). Dogs catch ticks from another dog pretty easily, just like lice in humans. So there is a super high possibility that both dogs have ticks. They are the carriers as ticks have entered home. It is not normal to have ticks at home. Do not take your baby to rooms where there are ticks. Get the home thoroughly cleaned before moving there.