I got way too much enjoyment from this. A lady at church came up, gushed over Liam (and that's not a crime, is it?), touched his cheek, and said, "How's Liam today?"
I said, "Sick. And contagious."
She whipped that hand back and said, "Why didn't you put a sign on him?" I didn't have a comeback.
I don't want people I don't know putting their hands on me, and Liam likes it less than I do. He pulls away, pushes their hands away, and . . . they just keep coming. While I step backward and turn him away from them and they step forward and walk around me.
Liam's got a personal space thing with me, too. He pushes my hand away sometimes when it's on his tray (feeding him) or even when its around him keeping him from falling on the floor.
Is it a terrible two thing?
Have I transmitted it somehow -- genetically (I don't know), by example (don't think he's that observant), or by being too invasive of his personal space?
Or maybe it's DS (Dang Stubbornness). Or maybe it's being two.
Whatever it was, I find it inconvenient when I'm trying to put a shirt on him, and I secretly think: you go, boy. Assert yourself.