a few days ago, caleb was sitting on my lap, leaning back against me, playing with a toy in front of him. this is a pretty standard arrangement. i try to keep my hands out of his way, to his side, and occasionally, he gets into this thing where he wants to suck on my wrist every now and then, just to make sure i'm still me, without all the trouble of turning around, i guess.
but on that occasion, every time he grabbed my hand, he just put my hand on his stomach, and then resumed playing. the first few times, i took my hand away, thinking he'd gotten distracted before even getting to the point of sucking on my wrist. but every time i took my hand away, he'd stop what he was doing, grab my hand in both of his, and place it gently right back on his stomach. like, 'no mom, i want you to hold on to me.'
i told him i'd hold on for as long as he wanted me to.
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