Egbert is one crazy pet.

To get this pet you have to complete a quest chain during the WOW World Event Children’s Week that you pick up in Shattrath. You must be level 60 to do the quest.

I have already made a post on this particular pet so head on over to the original post to get more details.

He is one of the pets required for the achievement that takes 3 years to get, Veteran Nanny.

In the picture above, the Egbert Companion Pet is under the effects of Papa Hummel’s Old-Fashioned Pet Biscuit. The biscuit doubles a targeted Non-Combat Pet’s size for as long as it remains at its master’s side. The biscuits are a common loot card from the trading cards. You receive a stack of 50 biscuits when you redeem the code and you can stack up to 250 biscuits. Get biscuits for your pets.

Children’s Week starts today and lasts for a week.
You get to care for orphans and collect a number of pets.

When MOP Expansion comes out all pets will be accountwide. You can only get like 4 pets on your toon each year for the Children’s Week event even though there are many more, but if you hop on an alt you can pick up different pets. Then when MOP comes out you can give your main toon the extra pets your alt picked up!

Below is a list of pets you will be able to choose from When completing each of the quest lines to that specific area:

Orgrimmar/Stormwind
Piglet’s Collar
Rat Cage
Turtle Box
Snail Shell

Shattrath (Outland)
Egbert’s Egg
Elekk Training Collar
Sleepy Willy
Legs

Dalaran (Northrend)
Curious Oracle Hatchling
Curious Wolvar Pup

Warcraft Pets has an amazing guide on all the quests to receive the pets. So check it out here.

Below is a list of achievements available during the event:

Aw, Isn’t It Cute?
Bad Example
Daily Chores
Hail To The King, Baby
Home Alone
School of Hard Knocks
Veteran Nanny

Get more details on the achievements over at Wowhead.

Complete all the achievements, besides the Veteran Nanny one, and receive the For The Children Achieve. You will also be granted the title Matron or Patron.

The Veteran Nanny Achievement takes 3 YEARS to complete!!!

So have fun with your orphans this week and enjoy all the new pets you will collect!