lol,
my oh didn't always hear the baby cry but he does the cat! and responds!

Look into my eyes - you will do everything I tell you to do

i have 2 cats.
polly rarely makes a sound. she is the strong silent (shit-scared) type.
sukey has been trained to meow. my husband taught her to do it when we first had her with her sister mags (before mags died and we took pogs in). My husband regrets training her to meow for her supper. she is as persistent as the baby.

And incidentally since we had the baby the volume of her meows has substantially increased; it's her competitive streak i think.

Often she sits at the living room door, meows until i get up. i then have to follow her to one of three places.

1. The food bowl (which means what's this muck you've given me? replace it immediately with something better).

2. The kitchen sink (which means pick me up, place me next to the tap, put the tap on a smidge and let me drink... No don't watch. come back when i am done and turn the tap off)

3. or the back door (which means - i hate this cat flap. it snaps on my tail and whilst ever you are in the house i need you to hold it open for me and let me pass unimpeded. you may, if you prefer open the back door, but whichever you choose you must hold long enough for me to have a good sniff before i go out. oh look you forgot to turn the tap off).

Belle

I really laffed at that above ...my Purdey is the same ...
she gets *jellus* when Im online and not stroking her so keeps trying to sit on the keyboard ...lol