Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for February 25, 2022

Purr, Elvis! Purrrr, Pucky! If that doesn’t lull her to sleep, nothing will! If you put enough sugar in it, will a toddler drink Sleepy Time tea?

Having too much fun to go back to sleep! Now what?

Love Elvis crashed out in the middle of the floor.

“Never Again “! Forget sleep….I want more puppets!

Soon all shall be asleep. Or exhausted. Except her.

You did your job too well!

I remember trying to sleep and somebody in the next room was apparently reading War and Peace to her dolls….LOL

If riding in a car lulls babies and toddlers to sleep, how about a vibrating mat? I just checked and they do make them for babies.

Nah… I think she’s ‘workin’ it’ – She is the center of attention of the entire household, and loving it! Besides, she’s little and probably still takes naps. She can be up if it suits her.

NEVER AGAIN. The Girl knows how this works. If she goes back to sleep, she won’t get all this attention!

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Lupinium: Well, it’s time to do my nightly exercises before bed.

Elvis-Anum: I’m just going to have a cup of Nitey-Nite Tea and a biscuit. How about you, Puck?

Puckmosis: I’m going to pick out an impossibly tiny box. I saw one last night that I couldn’t get my toes in.

Elvis-Anum: I can never get to sleep until I hear that one sound.

Puckmosis: What’s that?

Elvis-Anum: Wait for it…

Lupinium: Thwump!

Purring helps a lot.

From last night…Goldie and Iggy nap

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Too much going on to bother with sleep!!! when the kitties go to sleep the maybe she will tooXXX

His work done, Elvis (“dad cat”) dozes.

The unspoken fear of many a parent!

Currently, it looks like being awake is a whole lot more fun that being asleep.

Our first arrivals (Elvis and the Woman) are resting, their work completed, while the Man steps up big. He is doing a fantastic job, but in solving one problem (the Girl is definitely not thinking about her nightmare) he has created another. He certainly is a jack of all bedtime trades!

Or play “Go The $&#* To Sleep” as read by Samuel L. Jackson.

Now the Girl is well and truly wound up and will stay awake until the rest of the household is up, whereupon she will fall asleep in the middle of the floor.

I remember those nights, pleading with the kid to fall asleep. Funny how I hadn’t thought about that until Georgia drew this strip. The girl’s response to going back to sleep is priceless.

Now for something completely different. Giblet and Belle have been offered an American Express card. We got the mail yesterday, and on the big envelope for an American Express Business card was Giblet & Belle’s name on it. It does appear that my cats have better credit than I do. Of course, we won’t let them have the card. Just think, what would happen if Hamilton A. Cat got his paws on it? He would buy out most of William Sonoma and have Door Dash deliver gourmet food to him.

The Man is a man of many talents.

I am wondering if the Man is singing the song from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer or something else?

Is that the Burl Ive’s song from some Christmas show? (I played a character that would hum/sing the silver and gold chorus when looting or finding treasure.)

Hush sweet little Girl, don’t you cry,

Daddy’s gonna sing you a lullaby.

And if that lullaby don’t work,

Pucky’s gonna hip-hop while Lupin twerks.

And if that doesn’t help you sleep,

Goldie’s gonna tell you mysteries deep.

And if you’re still awake by then,

Elvis gonna blame your parents again.

And if that rant don’t make you drowsy,

Four mice will bring you chamomile tea.

And if you drink it and don’t bed down,

You’re still the sweetest little Girl in town!

Oldest child (now 26) would not fall asleep. We tried the car ride. Worked once. Tried the car seat on top of the running drier. Worked exactly once. Second child made a decision never again to poop. Eventually got that worked out but it was a tough situation.

“Do Deformed Rabbit, that’s my favorite!”

Tweets from Dr. Scuttles, Feb. 21:

Winter is a contemplative time for snapping turtles. While we don’t hibernate, we do take time to slow down. In the wild, this may mean hours in the silt and mud, deep at the bottom of a pond.

Here living in this house, with that Man assisting in my wildlife rehabilitation, it means summing myself under the heat lamp, ‘This Old House’ and ‘Antiques Roadshow’ reruns, and strong hot coffee.

I know sometimes folks wonder when my rehabilitation will end and I will return outside. I am old (just a fact) Thanks to my leg injury some time ago, I am now vulnerable in the wild. It is likely this living room is my new habitat. Plus, I’ve grown fond of potato chips.

Do not be sad for me, rejoice! I for one prefer the Great Indoors. Have you ever slept in a pond in New England in February?

NO STARS. MY YELP REVIEWS WERE SCATHING!

OT: Something adorable and preactical for rugrats…

This is way more phun.

Bedtime excitement is NOT the answer. My father’s old standby was reading from the telephone book in a soothing bass monotone. (Just kidding, but a heck of an idea, right?)

Try making her watch “Happy Paint Show.”

Siamese are both temple guardians and sleep guardians. Whatever nasty thing the Girl is afraid of in her dreams will run in fear if Elvis is there to protect her. Or maybe Tilly or another one of the Pink House’s guardians can help. I had really horrifying dreams at that age, and the family collie mix who had died a year or so before showed up every night to protect me. I still believe that the nasty things were real, and Tippy was, too.

OT: Amazing discovery by Wirecutter!

In the “Well, Duh!”department: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-cat-beds/#the-worlds-cheapest-bed-a-cardboard-box

May require you to register/sign in.

Samuel L Jackson has an interesting reading of Adam Mansbach’s book “Go the F*** to Sleep”. Jennifer Garner and one of my favourite actors, Noni Hazelhurst, have also given great readings of the book.

OT: Me

Frankly, shadow puppets would give me nightmares.

She’s getting positive reinforcement for staying awake.

Error Daddy, error….

Somehow, I don’t think shadow puppets would be a good thing after a nightmare, but then my only kids are the four legged kind that purr.

Warm milk? How about playing some music with the volume turned down so low you can barely hear it?

I used to do that last one for years. I’d put on some tape and turn the music way down low. Things got interesting when I started dreaming I was at a concert and trying to remember how I got there.

Angrey