You know how people often say that their pets are like their children? Well, does anyone ever say that their children are like their pets? Now, before you judge me, yes, I am well aware that Ted is not a dog nor a cat nor any other domesticated animal that would commonly be found as a pet. BUT… Ted does seem to remind me of these furry creatures from time to time.

While getting ready for a quick trip to Bob’s this morning for breakfast, Ted got incredibly excited when I put him in his car-seat and started to buckle him in. Arms waving, legs kicking, drool… drooling. Getting strapped into his car-seat seems to have the same effect on him as getting out the leash would have for a dog. For all I know he may piddle too, but luckily he’s wearing a diaper so that’s much less of a problem than with a puppy. I was even tempted to pull out a tennis ball and see if he would fetch, but I know that’s just silly considering he’s not even crawling yet. Maybe next summer.

My kid (a baby human, not a baby goat… I think) will attempt to eat ANYTHING. OK, maybe he’s not actually trying to eat this stuff as much as he’s just trying to shove it into his mouth and/or suck on it, but it does happen all the time. If I’m holding him up on my shoulder, he’ll try to eat my shirt. When I’m getting him changed from his daytime clothes into his pajamas, he tries to eat his shirt. There’s no way to pass an article of clothing over this boy’s head without his mouth opening wide to bathe it in saliva. I swear we’re going to find him chewing on a pair of shoes ones of these days.

Ted’s cat-like reflexes are also quite impressive. Just kidding. The whole hand-eye coordination thing is very new to this little boy which makes him about as clumsy as a geek on a date with the prom queen. Ted’s not exactly what I would consider stealthy either. Not at all. He generally announces his presence in a room either from one end (coos and giggles) or the other (farts). No, Ted’s cat-like tendencies come from his sleeping habits which would be anywhere, any time, any position, and when it comes to (cat-) napping, preferably on a larger human.

The good thing of course is that not being a pet Ted doesn’t leave fur everywhere he sleeps. At least not yet. There’s no telling what may happen once he hits puberty if he ends up with the same body-hair growing prowess as his dad.