Pupating

Ditto. Though we usually only call him that when we're talking to the cats.

Starlight

You can make some pretty crazy stuff with the right household chemicals in the proper proportions.

Yelling Bird

Apparently I gave birth to a larvea so it sounds like I’m more of a subject XD

Stephanie Roy

sounds like you need to become an entomologist!

L

My husband, an entomologist who LIKES kids, also calls babies larvae… I, the mother of child and *not* an entomologist, am not impressed

Stephanie Roy

We will never learn about the Chaos Loaf Incident. A tale for which the world is Not Yet Prepared.

Captain Button

But really, the important question is...will Emmett be the key to us finding out about Chaos Loaf? (See QC#4077.)

Ursus Ridens

So..you're like a lot of QC readers, probably...or maybe just like a lot of people.

Ursus Ridens

Dawww...

Ursus Ridens

My kids were critters from "oh wait, I'm pregnant?" to probably about 7-8. Depending on who I'm talking to, much much later :D.

Am Queue

I feel so seen… this body is not meant to be a host.

Rosie Marie

I'm pretty sure babies scare most adults. That's part of the nurture instinct, the constant concern for their wellbeing?

Christine Hottinger

I'm a fairly new parent, in that my kid is just a toddler. I absolutely referred to him as being in a larval state for the better part of his first year.

My mother used to refer to small children as "midgets." I'm not sure what that says about my own upbringing.

Daniel Drazen

I would die for Emmett.

TubaGinger

Those first two panels were adorable. As were the rest.

Will Weaver

You get it!!!! <3 <3 <3

Cartoon characters aren't a firehose of nigh incomprehensible social signals.

Daryl Sawyer

bad at kids, bad at most humans really, but can still empathize at a distance with cartoon characters, what's up with that?

SpookyPenguin

Adoption foreshadowing?

Drakoo Dreamer

Get someone to look at you like Bubbles looks at Faye in panel three. Swoon.

Rooty-Toot-Toot