June 8, 2000 - Thursday
Poor Paavo the cat: he's clearly gotten the short end of the attention-getting stick now that Harry's around. Yet, much to his credit, and our sanity, he doesn't seem to resent Harry for it nor has he shown any sign of greatly changing his behavior. In fact, he's often just hanging around, seemingly unconcerned with the baby. What's all the worse for for him, we chastize him for just being a cat. For example, when Harry is napping and Paavo comes calling with his loud voice just looking for affection, we give him the shoo business. He can't know what's going on and that the baby's nap times are precious moments that need to last as long as possible so we can get things done.

What's worse is when Harry gets upset by something or other and Paavo decides he wants in on whatever action is happening. He doesn't know any better, of course, but his piercing catcall rarely helps the situation and is often more penetrating than Harry's particular noise. Perhaps, he's just trying to tell us that he thinks something is wrong, which would be very helpful if Harry was in a diffferent room and had fallen or something. However, that's typically not been the situation and we generally know when Harry is in poor disposition. Alas, poor Paavo has historically not been that helpful. But, he's just a cat, and fortunately a very good cat with Harry.


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