Stop Touching Me!
Before I was a mom, I’d look at moms cuddling their kids and say to myself, “I can’t wait until I can cuddle my kids all day!” It just looked like so much fun. Who wouldn’t want a little baby at home to cuddle with?
We had our first little boy, Liam, and it was amazing! I snuggled with that kid all day long. About a month or so later he started the cutest thing ever, or so I thought. He started sleeping with his hand on my face. Adorable! He loved me so much he wanted to touch my face while he was asleep for comfort!! I loved it. He started doing it a few times a day, then every time I’d hold him while he slept. He slept in our bed at night which also meant he would cuddle my face all night. I loved it for the first month… Then I realized he now HAD to sleep like that. If I moved his hand, he’d lose it.
Liam is now three years old and still does it! He says he’s cuddling us when he does it. We even have rules on when he can cuddle our face. It’s only when we’re going to sleep and once in a while during the day. I’m always trying to show him other ways to cuddle, but he reminds me that it’s not how HE cuddles.
Levi tries to do it now as well because he sees Liam doing it. They even do it to each other! That usually ends in them hitting each other though because they fight over who can cuddle each other’s face.
I love my children. Don’t get me wrong. I know one day I will cry to myself wishing for this time back. However, my kids are touching me all. day. long. I never thought I’d actually have times I’d beg my kids to stop touching me!
If you sit on the couch at our house, all the kids swarm you. I’m usually nursing Lucas and then my other two kids want to sit on my lap or “cuddle” me.
If you don’t have kids, relish in the times you can sit on the couch without a child touching you! If you do have kids, remember this time doesn’t last forever. If you want to get back at your face cuddling child, do what we do…
Joel and I will lean over and put our hands on Liam’s face. Both hands. Covering his whole face. He tries to move and we follow him saying we only want to cuddle his face. This always turns into wrestling or chasing. It’s very mature and makes you feel much better.