I was reading another weblog where the author has a small boy who just turned two. He scraped his elbow recently and wanted a mommy-kiss instead of a bandaid. I couldn’t help but think of Corwin, who absolutely insists on a bandaid for any wound he suffers. Mom frequently offers to kiss it to make it feel better but Corwin is of the opinion that only a bandaid suffices for true pain relief. This leads to Corwin asking for bandaid even when he hasn’t actually broken his skin. He wants it purely for the analgesic effect. I’m not sure when Corwin made the transition to depending on technology instead of Mom, but he can’t have been more than 3 or 4 at the time.
Corwin has never been all that affectionate a boy (unlikely his little cuddly-boy brother) although he does seem to require phsyical contact on a regular basis. For Dad this involves wrestling or fake fighting (where I attack him at ¼ speed). He likes to sit on Mom quite a bit. Mom tells me that when he’s at soccer and the coach is trying to explain something (therefore the kids aren’t running around) Corwin wanders nervously and every now and then spontaneously hugs who ever is closest. But if Mom or Dad asks for a hug they get the “What, are you daft or something?” look.