No, my cat is the perfect baby.
She gets an hour or two of my day, in little five or ten minute increments, and is quite satisfied with it. She gets food, water, cuddle time, playtime, and a clean place to $h!t in those little snippets of time. She's happy. She only visits the bathtub once every couple of months, she only visits her doctor a couple of times a year, and she gets paid in treats for allowing herself to be brushed.
If I want to skip town for a couple of days, I spend five minutes getting her supplies ready and wave goodbye.
If I have a day when I really don't feel like spending time with her, I don't. She gets her basic needs met, again something that takes about five minutes, and we each go off and do our own thing.
She doesn't require constant care. She doesn't cost a fortune. She doesn't hold grudges. She doesn't talk back. She doesn't bring over obnoxious friends. She doesn't wear diapers. She isn't loud. She doesn't reek havoc in schools, stores, restaurants, etc. She loves being left alone. She can tell time (sort of), though she was never taught. She understands some English words and phrases, but we never had to invest hours or dollars in making that happen. And here's something of note: She lives with us because she chose to, not because it was someone else's idea or as an accident of genetics.
Can you say any of those things about your kids?
Bingo: "So you're well on your way to becoming the proverbial crazy cat lady. People will think you're weird if you keep this up. You could avoid that if you traded that animal in for a baby."
