Almost from after the first week of his life he always started crying whenever I held him (or if anyone held him). I always read stories of babies who never want to be put down for one second, but my son is the total opposite. When he got a bit older (maybe at 6 months) if I held him he would start arching his back and flipping around if I held him even for 1 minute :( Now he's 10 months and he STILL doesn't like to be held. He gets grumpy and crawls away and struggles (is this normal?) It's not just me he seems to do this with everyone.
Another weird thing is that he never ever liked being swaddled and he hates being strapped down in any way. He just squirms a lot. We have an exosaucer (that seat where a baby can stand up and play) and he actually crawls right out of it! The home nurse said she's never seen a baby get out of one of those things. My son has always seemed deadset on being "free"! I'm not going to lie this makes things easier when it comes to bed time or putting him down to play while I go and do chores. He doesn't cry. Usually when he sleeps he just wants me to leave the vicinity completely if I hold him he gets angry. I literally have to see his tired que and put him in the crib and not even stroke his back...nothing...I can't even touch him otherwise he will cry. He only sleeps if I leave him be :/
The difficult things about this behaviour is that I sometimes just want to cuddle him. He doesn't mind being carried if I am just moving him or if I tickle him, he laughs, but if it has anything to do with me sitting with him in my arms, he gets REALLY squirmy. The only cuddling I manage with him is if I put him on the bed and let him crawl all over me. He's only happy if he's moving. :P
Is this normal? Whenever I see other babies they just seem to melt in their mother's arms, but my son, from day 1 almost...has never been like this. He's always "hyper". He loves to get out of things :( It's always made me wonder.