Some babies don’t vomit all over you like this, but most do. My first child was a puker. Just looking at this comic brought back many bad memories for my wife of trying to wash baby puke out of her hair. The smell doesn’t really wash out; it only fades with time.
The sound effect in panel three is mostly just for convention, by the way. In reality, most baby pukes are silent. You have no warning.
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I’ve just got to ask, where, oh where, do you get your milk from? There has to be a bit more of a color variety when that stuff starts to get digested dude.
Plus, I’ve gotta ask, have you ever had kids? I mean, I’m not poking the bear or stirring the pot, but Gecko said in his post that he had baby puke in his hair. I mean, that’s got to count for something in knowing what color to use.
Well, I totally get where Hitokiri is coming from, because if you haven’t had kids, you’re thinking of regular puke. Baby puke is a different thing altogether. And depending on how recently the kid was fed, it can really vary in color and consistency.
My daughter would need to be burped and then would fill the inside of my shirt collar with something akin to warm cottage cheese. Just me, never her mom or grandparent or anyone else. Just me.
Brat
Ah, the cottage cheese spit-up. The good thing about the cottage cheese stuff is that there’s usually less of it. But it’s hard to wash out, especially if you don’t notice it right away.
Supposed to and actually do are two very different things in my experience. My second nieces would sort of dribble then it turned into a flow which you had to be very quick to catch while it is still a dribble, or your shirt changed colour. I did not understand what the rush was when she started drooling bile; I very quickly found out. A large number of washings has returned that shirt to a suitable condition and colour.
My first niece, however, had much healthier stomach muscles. While her regurgitations were less frequent, they tended to be true eruptions reminiscent of liquid rocket launchers for a couple of feet. Or so it seems from a few years later.
Some babies can projectile vomit with the best of them. Mine did. They came by it honestly, though. When my wife was a baby, she actually projectile vomited right across the room and hit the far wall.
Let’s not forget, our baby here isn’t fully human either. As much as I like consistency, this still changes the rules. A half human, half puck baby could feasibly puke across the room. SWAT teams could use many copies of the baby as a replacement for firehoses to break up riots.
Well, if you’re married, you probably already have your own half-assed romantic gestures that you’ve carefully crafted over the years. Married guys are pro at this.
Best description I have heard is Poutine gravy – it is still liquid, sticky and consistency varies. It changes when you go from breast milk to formula and even fresh breast milk vomit is different than warmed up breast milk vomit.
I was traveling on Air via Toronto to visit relatives and was thrown up on plane. I called stewardess (seat belt sign still on) and she said I had Poutine gravy all over me and she would bring me a plastic bag and wet towels. I told her it was baby vomit and she said “same thing”.
There must be several grants each year to study it.
…Am I the only one who finds it amusing how she says ‘For Gods sake’ to the Devil’s daughter?
…I am?
Oh well.
Still funny.
Given how babies puke a LOT, I wonder if Puck was ever taught ‘keep your hair short when you have a baby to avoid having it filled with baby puke’… I’m guessing ‘no’.
That was a bit of an intentional joke. And I do consciously make sure that Phoebe never appeals to the divine powers in any of her dialogue. She’ll invoke the holy name of fashion, but that’s it. As for short hair, Puck had bad personal history with that when she had short hair in the Middle Ages and everyone thought she was a boy. Some women tough it out with the long hair, though. My wife is one of them. She has absolutely gorgeous long hair, which I am very attached to. Thankfully, she’s attached to it too (emotionally and physically) and kept it all through the baby puke. She still has it. And it’s still gorgeous.
I have difficult to manage hair. As such I’m in the habit of applying a bit of conditioner every morning to dry hair just to get the brush through. I then leave the conditioner in place (no rinsing). I wash my air about once a week, barring any unusual circumstances.
When I had my kid, I found a added side benefit to my hair care routine. Since my hair was consistently coated in easily rinsed out conditioner, baby projectile didn’t ‘soak’ into my hair and all i usually needed to do was stick my head in the sink and rinse it away. The conditioner of course slides off when the water hits and takes the baby barf with it.
This is also a technique i’ve instructed people going into disaster situations, keep the hair ‘greased’ with conditioner and then no matter what muck or filth you find yourself covered in, your hair cleans easily once sanitation is restored.
Well, they might in the future, when the screaming and the puking and the horror has died down. But right now, at this stage, I do not fault them at all for wanting to flee.
Interesting to see that Daphne looks a little ashamed to be leaving Puck in the lurch; her mom was counting on help with the housekeeping and chores, after all.
LOL at the adhesive in that puke. It’s not running down per se but clinging and contouring to Puck’s head. Don’t know why but that tickles me every time I look at this.
The visual of this strip alone would be quite effective in the campaign to deter teen pregnancies. 😀
Or any child siring, no matter what age you are. Of course, I had plenty of reasons NOT to want children before (one of which is that even after the diaper phase is over, the worst is yet to come; the teenage years are even worse), so I took steps to prevent that a LONG time ago.
I like kids, always wanted to have one of my own. But it’s not meant to be, so I’m glad I don’t have one with the women in my lives putting up a revolving door. Never could stomach putting a kid into a single parent family, or a broken family.
I have to say, as a parent, that I have no idea how some people do single parenting well. Even with two competent and people it’s often overwhelming. So I hear you on that.
You’d think more parents would buy full body cover suits. With face shields. Maybe hazmats if they got the jingle in the pocket for it. Or those hazardous material handling chests with the rubber glove reach throughs.
Kinda reminds me of the bit from Keatons ol’ Mr Mom movie where he feeds the baby chilli . Ahh well. Couldn’t find a clip of that, just text quotes. Funny movie.
You know what? I have never actually seen Mr. Mom. One of those missed cultural experiences. But I do like me some Michael Keaton, so I should probably check out that pre-Batman gem.
Satan before he was Pheobe’s dad was a angel named Lucifer which is latin for lightbringer his wanting more then what he had and refusing to honour mankind got him cast out of Heaven.
Reading back through these issues, I am reminded of my mother telling me stories of when my brother and I were babies. She said I was The Exorcist level of projectile vomiters….
To be honest, it’s a description that I have no problem cringing at with how specific she was to label my baby puke days.
Some babies are pukers. That’s just what they do. And it’s overwhelming, just like this. So yeah, I’d say your mother’s description is pretty accurate.
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Wouldn’t the baby puke be more white? Since, you know, the diet is boob milk/formula?
I’ve just got to ask, where, oh where, do you get your milk from? There has to be a bit more of a color variety when that stuff starts to get digested dude.
Plus, I’ve gotta ask, have you ever had kids? I mean, I’m not poking the bear or stirring the pot, but Gecko said in his post that he had baby puke in his hair. I mean, that’s got to count for something in knowing what color to use.
Hadn’t thought of the digestive juices.
And no, I don’t have kids, nor do I want them. I made sure I can’t have them, even by accident, a few years back.
Good call.
Well, I totally get where Hitokiri is coming from, because if you haven’t had kids, you’re thinking of regular puke. Baby puke is a different thing altogether. And depending on how recently the kid was fed, it can really vary in color and consistency.
The only baby puke I’ve ever seen is always white, so that’s why I asked.
Digestive juices and milk sort of combine to make an ivory-colored soup. I might not have perfectly depicted the shade here, but it’s close.
My daughter would need to be burped and then would fill the inside of my shirt collar with something akin to warm cottage cheese. Just me, never her mom or grandparent or anyone else. Just me.
Brat
Ah, the cottage cheese spit-up. The good thing about the cottage cheese stuff is that there’s usually less of it. But it’s hard to wash out, especially if you don’t notice it right away.
I don’t think babies are supposed to projectile vomit like that
Supposed to and actually do are two very different things in my experience. My second nieces would sort of dribble then it turned into a flow which you had to be very quick to catch while it is still a dribble, or your shirt changed colour. I did not understand what the rush was when she started drooling bile; I very quickly found out. A large number of washings has returned that shirt to a suitable condition and colour.
My first niece, however, had much healthier stomach muscles. While her regurgitations were less frequent, they tended to be true eruptions reminiscent of liquid rocket launchers for a couple of feet. Or so it seems from a few years later.
Every child is different. All are horrifying in their own unique ways.
Once my wife lifted up my son over her head and he puked in her mouth. It was pretty funny.
They do have incredible aim. Almost pigeon-like, I’d say.
Some babies can projectile vomit with the best of them. Mine did. They came by it honestly, though. When my wife was a baby, she actually projectile vomited right across the room and hit the far wall.
Let’s not forget, our baby here isn’t fully human either. As much as I like consistency, this still changes the rules. A half human, half puck baby could feasibly puke across the room. SWAT teams could use many copies of the baby as a replacement for firehoses to break up riots.
That’s a great image. I might need to use that at some point.
Isn’t that just a lovely image? Set it to What a Wonderful World and you can have people deal with the horror of high speed baby spit up set to music!
I should clarify that I wasn’t claiming this is unrealistic, but wondering whether she was sick or not
Nah, not sick. Just unrealistic. 😉
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Well, if you’re married, you probably already have your own half-assed romantic gestures that you’ve carefully crafted over the years. Married guys are pro at this.
Miranda’s projectile vomit reminds me of the Exorcist.
That is intentional.
ewww, pea soup. Only with bacon for me. That way, I’ll know the difference between Greg’s standards and potable fare.
And with the view in panel three, I know why my mom knit matching hats for newborns and mothers.
Pea soup would actually be less gross in terms of consistency.
Best description I have heard is Poutine gravy – it is still liquid, sticky and consistency varies. It changes when you go from breast milk to formula and even fresh breast milk vomit is different than warmed up breast milk vomit.
I was traveling on Air via Toronto to visit relatives and was thrown up on plane. I called stewardess (seat belt sign still on) and she said I had Poutine gravy all over me and she would bring me a plastic bag and wet towels. I told her it was baby vomit and she said “same thing”.
There must be several grants each year to study it.
Maybe the consistency. But if your poutine gravy is this color, the Quebecois would seriously object.
She’s like an the Exorcist Baby with the projectile vomiting.
They really do shoot a straight column of puke like this sometimes. Honestly. The makes of The Exorcist obviously had baby-related inspiration.
Ick, baby changeling puke. That’s got to be even worse than normal baby puke.
Nah, it’s likely the same level of gross. Maybe demi-fairy puke smells a little bit like wildflowers and morning dew.
…Am I the only one who finds it amusing how she says ‘For Gods sake’ to the Devil’s daughter?
…I am?
Oh well.
Still funny.
Given how babies puke a LOT, I wonder if Puck was ever taught ‘keep your hair short when you have a baby to avoid having it filled with baby puke’… I’m guessing ‘no’.
That was a bit of an intentional joke. And I do consciously make sure that Phoebe never appeals to the divine powers in any of her dialogue. She’ll invoke the holy name of fashion, but that’s it. As for short hair, Puck had bad personal history with that when she had short hair in the Middle Ages and everyone thought she was a boy. Some women tough it out with the long hair, though. My wife is one of them. She has absolutely gorgeous long hair, which I am very attached to. Thankfully, she’s attached to it too (emotionally and physically) and kept it all through the baby puke. She still has it. And it’s still gorgeous.
Lucky man.
I have difficult to manage hair. As such I’m in the habit of applying a bit of conditioner every morning to dry hair just to get the brush through. I then leave the conditioner in place (no rinsing). I wash my air about once a week, barring any unusual circumstances.
When I had my kid, I found a added side benefit to my hair care routine. Since my hair was consistently coated in easily rinsed out conditioner, baby projectile didn’t ‘soak’ into my hair and all i usually needed to do was stick my head in the sink and rinse it away. The conditioner of course slides off when the water hits and takes the baby barf with it.
This is also a technique i’ve instructed people going into disaster situations, keep the hair ‘greased’ with conditioner and then no matter what muck or filth you find yourself covered in, your hair cleans easily once sanitation is restored.
I’ve heard that technique used by people who swim a lot. But conditioner against baby puke? That’s inspired!!!
So much for either of them babysitting…
Once the screaming crying, puking and diaper changing are over with, then you will find two quite doting babysitters; until then, forget it.
Well, they might in the future, when the screaming and the puking and the horror has died down. But right now, at this stage, I do not fault them at all for wanting to flee.
Wait. 0_0 What about the rent?!
Well, it’s only temporary. Besides, Phoebe sort of technically owns the house, so there’s no need to panic.
Interesting to see that Daphne looks a little ashamed to be leaving Puck in the lurch; her mom was counting on help with the housekeeping and chores, after all.
I think Daphne does have a greater duty of care here, but sleep is sleep. She’s taking the easy way out and she knows it.
LOL at the adhesive in that puke. It’s not running down per se but clinging and contouring to Puck’s head. Don’t know why but that tickles me every time I look at this.
The visual of this strip alone would be quite effective in the campaign to deter teen pregnancies. 😀
That’s my perpetual mission right there: present the cautionary tale.
Or any child siring, no matter what age you are. Of course, I had plenty of reasons NOT to want children before (one of which is that even after the diaper phase is over, the worst is yet to come; the teenage years are even worse), so I took steps to prevent that a LONG time ago.
I like kids, always wanted to have one of my own. But it’s not meant to be, so I’m glad I don’t have one with the women in my lives putting up a revolving door. Never could stomach putting a kid into a single parent family, or a broken family.
I have to say, as a parent, that I have no idea how some people do single parenting well. Even with two competent and people it’s often overwhelming. So I hear you on that.
I wonder if Miranda will be like as a teenager.
We’ll find out … in, like, 2053.
You’d think more parents would buy full body cover suits. With face shields. Maybe hazmats if they got the jingle in the pocket for it. Or those hazardous material handling chests with the rubber glove reach throughs.
Kinda reminds me of the bit from Keatons ol’ Mr Mom movie where he feeds the baby chilli . Ahh well. Couldn’t find a clip of that, just text quotes. Funny movie.
You know what? I have never actually seen Mr. Mom. One of those missed cultural experiences. But I do like me some Michael Keaton, so I should probably check out that pre-Batman gem.
I’d rater Puck DID go along because Miranda would also go.
It’d be fun to see how Pheobe’s dad would handle a child. Supposedly, he has the experience and the expertise, right?
That would be bizarrely fitting, somehow. Though I don’t think Satan ought to be trusted with screaming infants.
Satan before he was Pheobe’s dad was a angel named Lucifer which is latin for lightbringer his wanting more then what he had and refusing to honour mankind got him cast out of Heaven.
Ever read Evil Diva? I’ve read it and it’s great.
Oh NOOOO !
The unexpected loss of TWO ROOM-MATE RENTS can be disastrous.
Time for Colin to get a THIRD JOB !
What’s his second?
Punching Bag ?
He has experience.
True enough.
Reading back through these issues, I am reminded of my mother telling me stories of when my brother and I were babies. She said I was The Exorcist level of projectile vomiters….
To be honest, it’s a description that I have no problem cringing at with how specific she was to label my baby puke days.
Some babies are pukers. That’s just what they do. And it’s overwhelming, just like this. So yeah, I’d say your mother’s description is pretty accurate.