What makes the cats in this video so nice to human babies? Most cats of my acquaintance have been intrinsically good. I wonder how my life might have changed, had I had a cuddly cat in my babyhood.
God was awfully good, to provide us with this blessing.
Did you have a jack-in-the-box when you were a toddler? I didn’t; but Aunt Louise, my father’s aunt, did. I always played with it when we went to see her. She had no children of her own, but kept a lot of kid stuff handy.
Here we have assorted babies and toddlers confronting a jack-in-the-box. The box gets mixed reviews: some kiddies are startled, but then laugh; some are scared; some are simply amazed; and some are delighted.
I couldn’t find a video showing the reactions of college students to a jack-in-the-box.
Cats and dogs are mammals. They’re smart. It won’t take them long to figure out what a baby is, if they’ve never met one before. That’s when the cuddling starts. The baby will figure it out pretty quickly, too. But that very first time–well, it’s natural to be a little skittish. Or just a bit excited.
For those who haven’t seen this video, which Linda has shared with us in a comment, or who can’t get the link to work, here it is for everybody.
Watch the baby’s smile unfold like a flower. Seriously–if you were creating the heavens and the earth, in God’s place, would you have ever thought of giving us animals to love, that love us in return? How many eons would have drifted by, before we thought of that? But God did!
That kitten’s love, and God’s love, will bless that baby all his life.
Remember, a baby who grows up with cats and dogs develops a stronger immune system than a baby who doesn’t. Besides which, it’s fun.
The background music is “Morning” by Edvard Grieg from his Peer Gynt Suite.
Don’t you wish you could know what’s going on inside a baby’s mind? Something about dogs really tickles these babies–and check out the tiny tot who has figured out, by watching the dog, that you can have endless fun with that springy thing that goes boing when you hit it.
If this is not the jolliest and cutest baby that I ever saw… well, he looks like he’s off to a very good start in life.
It’s just too bad that this particular cat isn’t quite on board with the program. We know from other videos that there are a lot of cats out there who love babies as much as this baby loves this cat.
The tares are thick and tall, but the good seed is growing, too.