Wow, that's really....sweet?

Connor has been coughing a little bit these past couple of days. This morning he came into our room, plopped himself down on the bed, and said "Mom, I think I may have a cough."

In typical mothering fashion, I tried to pull him into my lap. At this point he jettisons across the room and looks at me with horror. 

When I asked him what was wrong and why he didn't want me to hold him, he said that he didn't want to get me sick. I thought that was in its own confused way, really sweet. 

I assured him that it's a mom's job to hold sick kids and there was no avoiding it. Then we had a good cuddle.