Aaron and I noticed right from the very first few weeks of Kolby’s life that he did not love being on his back. He did not like laying down on his back while awake, he didn’t like being in his swing reclined (or at all!), he didn’t like sleeping on his back, and he sure as heck didn’t like being held like a baby – you know – the way everybody loves to hold a baby, the way babies are suppossed to like being held. Because it keeps them close to you, all snuggled tight in your arms, and most often rocking back and forth. Because snuggling solves all the baby-world problems for little dudes, right?
Not for the anti-snuggler.
And, even a year later, Kolby has stuck to his guns on this one!
In fact, last night was the perfect example of this very phenomenon …
Kolby typically goes to bed between 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. nowadays – and some nights, depending on what he has eaten throughout the day, Aaron or I will feed him a bottle sometime before we go to bed. Kolby doesn’t ever wake up – we’ll pick him up out of the crib, feed him his bottle, put the binkie back in his mouth, and put him back in the crib … where he typically rolls around just long enough to position his blanket over his face! (I did not know the blanket over the face thing was an inheritable trait!)
And some nights, like last night, I get this crazy idea that maybe he’ll let me snuggle him – hoping he won’t realize what’s really happening!
So, I did just that – I fed him the bottle, put the binkie back in his mouth, and pulled him in close.
And he started squirming. Eyes still shut.
So I rolled him onto my chest, with him laying on his stomach, and pulled the blanket up to his face.
That only solicited more squirming. Eyes still shut.
So I let him roll around as we were reclined in the recliner, hoping he would finally settle into a spot comfortable enough to peacefully rest.
And he started to cry. Yes, with his eyes still shut.
At which point I gave up, put him back in the crib, and before I was out the door he was back in his happy place.
Which was, quite obviously, not my arms!
My Quirky Life 
