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   margueritem said, 3 months ago

   Only Mom can help with this…..reluctant though she may be….

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   cleokaya said, 3 months ago

   Ah honey I am so sorry that Calvin wants you. Sorry dear, so sorry. ZZZZZZZZZ

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   Downeasta said, 3 months ago

   LOL Mom has the only warmth in the bed and she doesnt want to give it up.

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   kreole said, 3 months ago

   The dad is supposed to “not hear” in bed and mom hears and gets up to take care of things. That’s what I did until mom figured me out when the second baby came and she poked me until I “heard”. Oh well, it was good for awhile. With Calvin I’d pull a pillow over my head…..

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   ♠Lonewolf♠ said, 3 months ago

   Mothers are the one cure for an achy child!

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   Carmy said, 3 months ago

   If I was Calvin’s Mom, I’d get up quick before he gets sick in bed. That will just make more work.

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   sjoujke said, 3 months ago

   When you’re not feeling well, only mom will do, silly dad!

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   Gweedo Murray said, 3 months ago

   Nurse Nightingale, bedside Dad is not !

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   LX013 said, 3 months ago

   I think, Calvin has eaten too much sweetes!

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    rikw2 said, 3 months ago

    Who cares about wearing the pants in the family, it’s the covers that are the most valuable commodity

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    jukeofurl said, 3 months ago

    In toono veritas

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    Superfrog said, 3 months ago

    and where’s my shirt?

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    krisch said, 3 months ago

    I like the way he won’t look at dad when he says “I want Mom”

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    Tim Leno said, 3 months ago

    kreole said, about 4 hours ago

    The dad is supposed to “not hear” in bed and mom hears and gets up to take care of things. That’s what I did until mom figured me out when the second baby came and she poked me until I “heard”. Oh well, it was good for awhile. With Calvin I’d pull a pillow over my head…..

    I’d be tempted to pull a pillow over Calvin’s head and ….

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    Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago

    Nobody has much, if any, consideration for the others.
    Dad started well, but he could have asked Calvin why he wanted Mom. Then Dad could have said to Mom, “Calvin wants you because…” Irregardless, if Mom doesn’t respond soon, the ‘crying out loud’ probably will come from Calvin.

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    Richard said, 3 months ago

    She is such a jerk, no wonder Calvin has issues.

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    Lewreader said, 3 months ago

    I cried from my bed, “My leg hurts!” “Shut up! I’ll cut it off in the morning!” Silence.

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    rshive said, 3 months ago

    Dad can’t help. Dad can never help at 2 AM.

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    pearlandpeach said, 3 months ago

    Lewreader - Priceless!! Mom never pulled that but close!

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    unemandarine said, 3 months ago

    There are things only mothers can do…

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    tonytiger29 said, 3 months ago

    I’m a light sleeper, so i was the one who heard the late night cries of the babies and the kids calling out later in their lives. I didn’t get a full night sleep for about 5 years til my 2nd child was about 3.

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    Macushlalondra said, 3 months ago

    rikw2 said,

    Who cares about wearing the pants in the family, it’s the covers that are the most valuable commodity

    ~~~

    You got that right!

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    Dry said, 3 months ago

    Poor Calvin!

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    cleokaya said, 3 months ago

    I have no kids, but I sleep lighter and have better hearing than my wife so whenever our dog threw up in the middle of the night I always had to get up and clean up.

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    Grog said, 3 months ago

    In my family, Mom was the one who gave the love & remedies and Dad the fun and punishments.

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    brewwitch said, 3 months ago

    Remember, Mom and Dad, these will be the ‘good old days’ when you are tearfully sending Calvin off to university.

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    Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago

    Perhaps the phlegm is having a delayed effect on Calvin.
    He is overdue for his comeuppance!

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    grazer said, 3 months ago

    I pretended I was a heavy sleeper until our kids were grown.

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    ed-in-toledo said, 3 months ago

    My ex-wife thought it was great that I was teaching our kids to say “Mommy” until someone spilled the beans about who they’d call in the middle of the night (not that it mattered because I was the one that got up with them and even to this day, when they are sick they still want me to take care of them…).

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    bald 716 said, 3 months ago

    i at least tried to take care of the kids in the middle of the night, but there were some things that only mom could use her mom magic and make all better

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    secretasianman1270 said, 3 months ago

    One good turn … steals all the covers at night

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    Radish said, 3 months ago

    Did Calvin get a Tiger Flu shot?

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    Susan001 said, 3 months ago

    Real caring parents!
    Feh!

34. 

    MisngNOLA said, 3 months ago

    “NOT DA MAMA!”

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    musicnut1986 said, 3 months ago

    My wife always says that I never got up with our daughter during her middle of the night episodes, but I have PROOF! I have a photo my wife took showing me giving our daughter a bottle. Paige is wide awake, nestled in my arm, happily sucking on her bottle while my head is down to my chest, sound asleep.

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    Vonnegut said, 3 months ago

    If this was a Sunday strip then perhaps Dad would have to worry about Calvin making a big mess with a “technicolor yawn” but thankfully, this is just a daily. What’s the worst thing that could happen? Calvin might “pixelate” all over?

    Eh. No worries. Just go back to bed and have one of those pink erasers ready to clean up any mess in the morning.

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    ratlum said, 3 months ago

    No Hobbes
    No Dad
    No playing on mars or ??
    But a real need for Mom, so normal

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    LostinThot said, 3 months ago

    what kind of mom wouldn’t go right away and tend to her sick child? awful

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    PappyFiddle said, 3 months ago

    Mom, here’s what you do. Let Dad go back to sleep and you go get kid, tuck kid into bed with Dad. Then wait till kid throws up. This will help Dad bond with kid. Be sure to grab your pillow out of the way. Also anything else that Dad might use to catch it with.

    BTW, a child’s stomach can hold more than Dad’s two hands cupped together. Speaking from experience.

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    tonytiger29 said, 3 months ago

    Pappy… your “BTW”… thats just nasty… funny.. but nasty.

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    bleepingdeadalien said, 3 months ago

    There are some things that only a mom can make better.

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    pintcape said, 3 months ago

    that’s right calvin,only mom can give comfort at night when one doesn’t feel well,dad is useless for giving comfort.

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    Hirshhorn said, 3 months ago

    Moms have a special talent at comforting

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    beentheredonethat said, 3 months ago

    my wife didn’t bond with our daughter until she was about 5. i remember trying to sleep and hearing her yell “NO, I WANT MY DADDY’ . i figured out right then why my wife didn’t want to bond yet.

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    Dino-1 said, 3 months ago

    I have to control myself, like today, not to run over to my son’s with my Mom kit and take care of my granddaughter’s cold. I controlled myself and asked them if they had everything I would have brought over, when I ran to the store today. Being a grandmother is harder!

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    james the great and ... said, 3 months ago

    Hey, I’m a dad and when my daughter was only 3 many moons ago, she cried out and I literally jumped out of bed onto a leg that was asleep. Later that day I was wearing a cast. Then still much, much later you hear “You don’t love me!”