I know at some stage boys don’t want to be affectionate with their fathers anymore. I assume it will come in the mid primary school years. for Oscar it seems to have come at 19 months.
Often I ask for little hugs, this morning it went like this.
Me: Hey Oscar can I have a little hug?
Oscar: No No No
Me: oh
Then I did what parents are probably not supposed to do. But it worked so I don’t care.
Me: Hey Oscar if you give me a hug you can play with my iPhone
Oscar: Dah (means yah or yes)
then I received a hug and in return he got to play with my iPhone for a minute or less.