Thatababy by Paul Trap for April 02, 2011

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    rayannina  over 13 years ago

    Yeah, let’s skip the dying part, what say?

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    yyyguy  over 13 years ago

    i always wondered about that, myself. how on earth would that calm someone down? just like the song “Rock a bye, baby.” another litany of disaster.

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    GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago

    That’s why I could always go without the prayer.

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    Maureen Crothall  over 13 years ago

    That’s the prayer I used to say as a little ‘un, love the look.

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    GLENN B WOODEN  over 13 years ago

    This is the same prayer my mother taught me. And, yes, while comforting on the surface, the realization—especially for a child—that you might die in your sleep is at once sobering and DEEPLY DISCOMFORTING. SIDS is indeed no laughing matter and this comic is focusing on the very fear that SIDS invokes. This comic doesn’t diminish that. It simply shows the irony of a seemingly comforting bedtime prayer that invokes the horrifying prospect of possibly dying in your sleep.

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    A. Buckeye  over 13 years ago

    I saw a slightly different version in a book of children’s prayers: Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray thee Lord my soul to keep. Keep me safe all through the night, & wake me with the morning light. Much more comforting.

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    griefofdawn  over 13 years ago

    far more comforting for the Lord to take your soul than the devil! mtvbuckeye, I like your version better.

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    Redhead55  over 13 years ago

    That version is a keeper, mtvbuckeye.

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    Shay  over 13 years ago

    Good prayer!

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    Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Yes I am familiar with the other version also. Much better and much more comforting.

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    joylion  over 13 years ago

    Lol Poor Baby! He’s gonna b having Nightmares for a While now!

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    Dapperdan61  Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Nighty night don’t let the bedbugs bite

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    Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Yes dapperdan61 another good one!

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    RadioTom  over 13 years ago

    Don’t wanna go by the devil, Don’t wanna go by the Demon; Don’t wanna go by Satan; don’t wanna die uneasy; Just let me go naturally

    And when I die, and when I’m dead, dead and gone; There’ll be one child born in the world to carry on, to carry on..

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    lisa4romMpls  over 13 years ago

    What a nice comforting way to get baby to sleep -not! Bottle works just fine for our little one.

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    frightenup Premium Member over 13 years ago

    I grew up saying the version in the comic, and I also recall being a bit disturbed by it. Yes, there is SIDS, but I think it’s less common now than it used to be, so it’s less a normal part of life now.

    The prayer I say with my kids is:

    Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray Thee Lord my soul to keep, The angels watch me through the night, And keep me safe til morning light. Amen

    I suppose it still recognizes the possiblity of SIDS, but in a more indirect way.

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    mikeopipes  over 13 years ago

    Prayer is messed up. This prayer is sevrely messed up.

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    Mihir Asher  over 13 years ago

    Well I thought of the Metallica song … You know, ‘Enter Sandman’?

    The next few lines also fit the last panel … ‘hush little baby, don’t say a word And never mind that noise you heard It’s just the beasts under your bed In your closet, in your head!’

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    Leticia Shelley  over 13 years ago

    I think this baby is beyond the fear of SIDS. I don’t say that prayer…very depressing, instead I pray the Guardian Angel prayer which does not speak of dying in your sleep…

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    Trisha_Evenstar  over 13 years ago

    I never liked it, always creeped me out

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    runhaliqa  over 13 years ago

    its just a comic for goodness sake! just for fun, have a laugh!

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    mikeopipes  about 13 years ago

    Sleep is better than prayer!

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    ComicsGuy1234  over 6 years ago

    Que the Metallica music

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    adoragem123  over 3 years ago

    my mom’s mom used to do that to her…

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