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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I hear you. [b]Ignore the stupid trolls sending you to therapy. It's totally normal. [/b]How old is your child?

I'm at a breaking point now... all 3 (DH, DD and my newborn) crave this physical closeness and I'm dying for some space. At one point last weekend I had DD sitting on my lap while I BF the baby and DH was laying on my leg. I could not breathe but they were all so happy I could not bring myself to ask them to move. It didn't last long and I just tolerated it.

DD needs to touch me no matter what we're doing. She's 2 and even when we're eating together she has to touch me under the table rubbing her toes on my leg or even holding hands!!! LOL I write a journal for them to read when they grow up and just yesterday I asked her why she wants to hold hands during dinner but insists in trying to run away when we're at a parking lot HAHA

Anyway, it won't last forever and part of it in my case is hormonal (I read somewhere that when you have a baby your hormones make you icky to physical touch as a birth control measure to protect the new baby and your milk supply).

I know it won't last forever so right now I just suck it up. DH knows how I feel and he's pretty good at giving me space most of the time and for 1 hour every day I go away somewhere just by myself so I can get rid of the icky feeling.   [/quote]

No, it's not totally normal, and part of being a parent is stepping outside our comfort zone in any case for the good of the kids.  Kids need physical affection, some more than others.  If therapy is needed, then OP should do it, but it's probably not.  [/quote]

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