Cat letting baby manhandle them, advice?

So I foster failed a male cat a few years back. I was took him in from my workplace trashcan because 2 ppl told me he was declawed, then he had claws and my husband fell in love with him (he wasn’t a cat person so this was kinda a big deal). I have never met a more appreciative cat, he loving and protective and basically a guard cat (indoor/outdoor cat). I now have a one year old and the cat and the baby LOVE each other. The cats can ALWAYS get away from the baby and they have their own 6”ft cat tree and little escape tunnels. In no way is my son “rough”with the pets, he knows to use general open hands to pet them and I’m always close by to step in. BUT this cat keeps going to the baby and wiggling his tail in his face and I can’t seem to get his to stop letting the baby grab his tail. He will hiss/moew enough to let me know he needs help, but he won’t move away. I’m trying to teach my son to respect the pets space but I’m also realistic to what he’s able to learn, he just turned one this week.
Any advice? The cat just won’t help himself, how do I help him? Anyone else have cats that are too use to kids that let themselves be mistreated in the brief moments between them seeking out a child and my being able to step in? I know this is kinda off topic of the group, but I figured this is a good pool of ppl who also have cats who need special consideration.

So I foster failed a male cat a few years back. I was took him in from my workplace trashcan because 2 ppl told me he was declawed, then he had claws and my husband fell in love with him (he wasn’t a cat person so this was kinda a big deal). I have never met a more appreciative cat, he loving and protective and basically a guard cat (indoor/outdoor cat). I now have a one year old and the cat and the baby LOVE each other. The cats can ALWAYS get away from the baby and they have their own 6”ft cat tree and little escape tunnels. In no way is my son “rough”with the pets, he knows to use general open hands to pet them and I’m always close by to step in. BUT this cat keeps going to the baby and wiggling his tail in his face and I can’t seem to get his to stop letting the baby grab his tail. He will hiss/moew enough to let me know he needs help, but he won’t move away. I’m trying to teach my son to respect the pets space but I’m also realistic to what he’s able to learn, he just turned one this week.
Any advice? The cat just won’t help himself, how do I help him? Anyone else have cats that are too use to kids that let themselves be mistreated in the brief moments between them seeking out a child and my being able to step in? I know this is kinda off topic of the group, but I figured this is a good pool of ppl who also have cats who need special consideration.