Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for May 02, 2024

So far I’m kinda glad she’s staying in the box. Maybe a little bit dangerous to be running around loose.

The updated version of the Exorcist?

Take up swaddling or call the orphanage

and tomorrow she’ll awake and just be an adorable angel (what can’t understand why nobody’s offering up hugs.).

Don’t worry, it’ll all be over soon.

Might be time to give those claws, I mean nails a trim.

You never try to get a cat out of her hiding spot.

Savor the small victories. She is in bed.

Give her a mouse.

Wren has her own version of “Boxing”!

Treat her like a cat and spray water in her face from a bottle sprayer.

When my daughters hit a certain age, that was the deal I made with them. As long as they were “in bed” by a certain time, what time they actually fell asleep was up to them. As long as attitudes stayed good & grades were acceptable, I was OK with them reading or quietly playing in bed. My older one would stay up for a while; my younger one was usually asleep in minutes.

Next, litter box training?

Should have tried “kitty” treats such as M & Ms to lure her out.

that’s kids

And who gets to change the diaper? Or just let her go in her box?

Time to grow up and parent you two.

Hopefully, Wren won’t need to be gotten up in the middle of the night to go potty since they’re foregoing it now.

As long as she doesn’t get stuck in the box…

Did she eat or drink during her acting out? What about a diaper change or two? And someone definitely needs to cut her nails before her next next “Cat In The Box” event!!

CAN a snow shovel even support the weight of a toddler? Plastic would snap and aluminum would bend…

May be she will sleep it off.

No, caving to the kid is not good parenting.

Do what we do with a real cat, then – pick up the box and gently tip it until she comes out. And what – you haven’t trimmed her nails in some time? She’s not going to “claw” you. Take charge, you two!

Just don’t put a litter box out.

Hope they at least put down a dish of (baby) food.

Good point Wanda.

If it gets the job done and there’s no lasting physical or emotional damage then it’s effective parenting. And sometimes that’s the best you can hope for. If the caveat isn’t met however…..

And once she falls asleep, trim those fingernails!!!

Use a LASER pointer to get her out.

I got a mechanical mouse.

Love this “Wren Kitty” arc!When I saw the box on the snow shovel in panel 3 I threw my head back and laughed so hard.

See that crib? Tomorrow morning, gone; but look at all the free kindling!!

Wren reached puberty all of a sudden, hahahah.

Made me laugh ;^)

You know, a spray bottle filled with icy water always works on a real cat. I’m just sayin’.

It’s not bad parenting; it’s knowing which battles to pick. Dose the bright lights and turn on the night light. When you come back in a half hour and find her asleep in the box, tip her out and tuck her into bed. Before morning, you can make the box disappear.

Tomorrow you’ll have to take her to the vet to get her rabies shot.

Ninja Kitty is guest starring

Take your shot. Ttheyn draw the bullseye around it where you hit.