Stranger Danger.

Ryan is starting to develop stranger anxiety. I didn’t think that these things started until like 7 months, but apparently it is just not true in our case. He is fine while someone he knows is holding him, but if he is picked up by someone else he looks freaked out and if not given back to someone he knows he will start to cry. I have mixed feelings about it. I feel bad that he cries when people I know hold him, he is generally so “talkative” and happy and they miss it. On the other hand I am glad that he feels safe around the people he does know, and honestly if a stranger gets too close (which for some reason a lot of people do when we are out in public) I’m glad he doesn’t want them to be in his face (germs, kidnapping and other mommy paranoia). I have a feeling this is going to get worse before it gets better, so if Ryan cries in your presence he means nothing by it, it is just how he rolls these days.