Mama’s Little Helpers

I have a major love/hate relationship with my pets. Before I had a baby, I loved them more than I hated them. Now it’s the opposite. The cat’s too needy, the dogs are too loud. One of them rubs his body on the carpet, creating the most hideous hair balls which I then have to vacuum right away because I don’t want the baby crawling around in nasty dog hair; the other one can’t NOT make noise: he eats, sleeps and breathes louder than anything, EVER. Snort, snort, snort - he may as well be a pot-bellied pig. The cat has to be everywhere I am at all times and meows so as to let me know she’s right there with me. Thanks, cat. Don’t even get me started on the “accidents” in the garage I get to wake up to on certain glorious mornings, or the undigested meow mix that the damn kitty leaves in wet clumps under the bed.

But!…I have found a way to keep the love alive! All I have to do is put the baby next to one of them when he is crying or cranky, and MAGIC! Silent baby! He is so enthralled by these obnoxious creatures, it takes his tears away! Looks like I can keep them, after all.


Here, Squid can’t get enough of Cookie the Cat.



Buzz the Pug provides entertainment by eating his toes. (Hey, whatever works, right?)

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