I'm close to 50 and my oldest brother still calls me his baby sister. I can't help it he's 20 years older then me.
My baby nephew is 37. He finally told me to stop calling him that.
Cats and dogs are family. Mom alays has a fit when I talk about my cat sleeping with me, to her pets belong outside and not in the house for any reason. So there are many ways of thinking. My house, my rules-my baby is my cat.