Do you all still give your 3yr olds 'baby' hugs or am I babying him?

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My lo is 3 and a half and he is as on another thread what you call quaint.
He is vv happy, loves playing etc but just not particularly with other children[I have at times worried now I realise that it is ok]
But we love hugs -we have just sat for 15 minutes with him face to me really snuggled up with me rubbing his back while he has watched tv.
It is really lovely and special but I worry sometimes that we/he still does this?
I know I am not explaining very well but what I mean is he will come and ask for a hug sometimes even when we are out [not a problem] and people have commented that I am lucky he will hug me.
I never got many hugs and kisses when I was younger I sometimes was'nt even sure if my parents loved me and so sometimes wonder if I am overcompensating ifyswim.
Am I overanalysing?

What are you worrying about? It is lovely to cuddle your DC.

yes you are overanalysing, but this isn't surprising if your parents weren't physically demonstrative of affection. You can never hug any child of any age too much. Enjoy it while it lasts. There may come a time when he is nearer 9-10 and he will want to feel grown up and tell you to get off - so hug away! I'm forever cuddling my 3 year old ds.

I am not worried just curious I love having him close to me,the smell of him,to stroke his hair,everything .
I know that the years pass by vv quickly and want to make the most of it

Ds and I still have long lovely cuddles and he's 9

And my sister's ds still hugs his mum and he's 19

Don't worry - enjoy it

I do this all the time with my son (5). He has always been so much more affectionate than my DD. Enjoy it while it lasts.

I love hugging and cuddling up with my 3 1/2 year old boy. I can also sit and stroke his back and his hair while watching a movie, or just looking in a book. It is NICE!
It is the nicest thing there is.

I still give my 8 & 9 year olds baby hugs! (I'm still stronger than they are )

Actually, it's really nice to hold them no matter how big they are.

my ds will be 4 end of this month and we still hug cheek to cheek he still lays in my arms for cuddles he loves really big kisses and cuddles

as long as he wants them im always willing to give them never worry what others think

its natural and perfectly normal i dread the day he may not want to snuggle with me anymore its our precious time

Yep it is nice It mkes me feel all warm and fuzzy -like there is only us at that moment ifykwim -
I do call him my precious [ala gollum in the lord of the rings]

Oh god no!it is brilliant! It is so confidence boosting and will set him up for having successful loving relationships with friends and partners in the future. If he is 'quaint', i.e. quirky and a bit different, even more important as it will give him so much self belief and reassurrance that he is loved for who he is no matter what when other less self assured individuals may make him question that from time to time. (such is life).

My DS (7) has always shunned cuddles to an extent which is very sad, but when he relents it is my opportunity to do that for him; love him and snuggle him and make him feel loved as much as possible. Just wish he had the personality to allow me to more often.

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I'm planning on lavishing the hugs and cuddles for as long as I can possibly get away with.

My ds is such a ball of energy he's never really been a particularly cuddly child. I have been known to secretly like it if he is a bit off colour so I can cuddle him for a while

My 27yr old hulking dh still cuddles his Mum, Dad, brothers and sister whenever he sees them, often for no reason and they all say 'I love you' frequently. It's lovely.

Don't put a time or age limit on it. Affection is a wonderful thing.

I would count it as a really really crap day if I didn't have 'mummy & DS' hug time. Every day when I get in from work he says 'shall we have a great big hug' or 'I know what will make you feel better mummy - a giant hug'.

And every night DH and I cuddle on the ocuch or in bed before falling asleep. We're just a huggy, cuddly, kissy family

Hugging is not just for babies! DH and I get lots of hugs from all three of mine - 6,4 & 2. They hug eachother a lot too which is beautiful to watch!!

wasabipeanut - me too!

Ds and I have had some lovely sofa-days when he's not so ill he's miserable, but he's ill enough to just want to snuggle up and watch DVDs - and I have to abandon all other tasks and cuddle him all day

Oh, someone else whose DD calls it 'huggles' - that's what we have here too. Both DDs 1 and 2 (5 and 3 yo) have hugs like this - sometimes the child is watching TV and I'm reading a book, but we've still got a lovely connection if we're cuddling at the same time.

DD3 has no choice, she's still a baby so is always being cuddled.

My DS1 is 5 and comes into our bed every morning for a massive group hug, as does his 3 yr old brother.

I cuddle them/kiss them/tell him how much I love them all day long.
I was in labour for 48 hours with DS1 and Ds2 was 10lb 11oz, it is my absolute right to snuggle
May they never stop.

My ds1 is 4.5 and I although he likes to think he's a big boy, I just scoop him up and give him a big baby cuddle still. And ds2 who is 3 next month.
I get the biggest fluffiest bath towell after their bath and pretend they are still babies - till they run off to play power rangers

My dds are 4 and 8. I hug them both LOADS and (I think!!) we all love it.

All mine right up to my 11 year old get baby hugs when they want them. I suspect my mum disapproves. It's a generational thing perhaps.

ahh it is nice to hear all yhese stories
my lo always pretends to be baby when he gets out of the bath and I have to dry all between his toes and 'kiss me and hug me like when I was a baby mummy'
ahh

My dd likes that after the bath too. Unfortunately now she like me to take my turn at pretending o be a baby and lying on the towel whilst she dries me . I'm not even wet as I've not been in the bath, double.

I still get hugs from my Mum. Nothing wrong with that. I'm only 45.