Forced agere but your new dad doesnāt get mad at you and always treats you like his baby, no matter what your headspace is
Of course youāre not going to just give in immediately, he knows that, but that doesnāt mean heās going to entertain the notion that youāre an adult
Youād cry a lot in the beginning and say things that made him a bit sad, āLet me go. I hate you, I donāt wanna be here, I wanna go homeā but he knows you donāt really mean it. Youāre just scared, new places are hard for little baby brains to handle āOh I know baby, shh shh⦠Papaās here, itās okay bubā you wiggle and hit but he just holds you down in his lap and against his chest. āNo no, we donāt hit baby, thatās not nice, okay?ā
He doesnt act like your fighting and attempts to escape are at all intentional, you just dont know better. āAh-ah! Donāt run away from Daddy please. If you wanna go outside, you have to ask nicely and hold papaās hand.ā āLet me go! Please I just wanna go home I donāt wanna be here! Let me go!ā āI know you wanna see all the pretty flowers and birds, but you have to be a good boy. Itās dangerous if you wander off without me, bubā
Even through all the crying and screaming his voice is soft and heās gentle. Overtime you just stop saying that stuff, heās heard it a thousand times already anyways. Thereās no need to pretend to be small, heāll treat you as such anyways and itās getting easier to feel yourself slip. Tired from crying as he holds you against him and you lean your head on his shoulder while he rocks you.
Thereās not much to do, so you color and arrange your toys even if a few days earlier you said youād rather stare at a wall than act like a baby. He doesnāt comment on any of those changes either, he just says how pretty your picture is when he comes to check on you. If you decide to not play tomorrow, embarrassed by him noticing, he just picks you up and sets you on his lap while he reads (out loud, of course, babies should be read to often).
Youāll always be his little boy even if you insist youāre not. Little kids always like to pretend to be bigger than they really are. Papa loves you because youāre you, his sweet boy <3