Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 23, 2009

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

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

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

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…..

Mothers are the one cure for an achy child!

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

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

I think, Calvin has eaten too much sweetes!

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

In toono veritas

and where’s my shirt?

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

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 ….

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.

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

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

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

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

There are things only mothers can do…

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.

rikw2 said,

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

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You got that right!

Poor Calvin!

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.

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

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

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

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

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…).

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

One good turn … steals all the covers at night

“NOT DA MAMA!”

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Moms have a special talent at comforting

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.

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!

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!”

“mom, why did you come with your shirt off?”