Quote Originally Posted by frankykeno View Post
You may find when it comes to his head that he will react better to an under the lower jaw rub than a top of the head touch.
Oh man, this li'l one is so head shy/spooked, he can scare himself just from seeing someone walking across the room! (Remember that Moro startle reflex of newborns? That's Patriot!) I can touch his jaw and throat just fine, and just about anywhere else, as long as all the movement is done behind/below where those snakey eyes can't see.

Don't touch me
Don't look at me
Don't weigh me
Don't measure me...

But hey, if I can survive that first week with our firstborn (took dh and I FIFTEEN minutes to get her dressed to come home from the hospital because those tight arms and legs wouldn't go through sleeves and leggings), I can survive this. It's pretty much the same: Keep the baby warm, monitor food going in and waste coming out, watch for failure-to-thrive, worry yourself into a frazzle, then realize the baby isn't as fragile as we think and has been absolutely fine the whole time.