Oh yes, I've got scientific studies to prove it too!
Soon after The Good Man and I started dating, we found we had a certain simpatico that really worked for a relationship.
See, I'm a very tactile person. I have to touch stuff. And when I have a cute boy around, I have to touch. A lot. Not in that naughty way you dirty minded readers are thinking (well, ok, that too). I mean like twirling fingers on an arm, scratching a back, and rubbing a noggin.
Come to find out, The Good Man really likes having the ol' cabeza massaged. I can usually put him to sleep with gentle noggin rubs.
Hmmm. : puts end of pencil in mouth in a very laboratory scientist sort of way :
Ok, so then, we were at a friend's home down on the floor playing with their twin toddlers. The girl climbed up into my lap, and I noticed the downy hair on top of her head was sticking up from static. So I took my hand and smoothed her hair flat onto her head. As I rubbed her head, her eyes rolled back into her head and she laid back in my arms.
Hmmm.
Then I was babysitting my friend's three month old baby. The little one was fussy as heck and fighting sleep. I'd tried bottles, change the nappies, singing, rocking, the swingy chair. Nothing. So, heck, I gave the noggin a shot. I began to gently rub her little dome and before I knew it, she'd nuzzled into my neck and was snoring softly.
Well, well, well.
And THEN I saw this video on ICanHazCheezeburger.com. That toad approximates what The Good Man looks like when I issue scritchin's.
My final piece of evidence was this past weekend at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. At the splash pool where we could pet Bat Rays, my cousin lured one over and I followed behind him to get my own shot at Bat Ray petting.
I tried to give a firm petting to the headlike lump on top of the ray and I'll be damned if that Bat Ray didn't keep swimming back to my hand. It would dip his head right under it like, "scratch that again, lady."
So here's my big theory based up by mammal and amphibian trials:
All creatures great and small like to have their noggin skritched.
I know, I know. Groundbreaking work!
