I know when my son was a baby and when he would get sick - he would recover much faster when I held him day and night and sleep upright just holding him throughout the night...there’s a lot that can be said when a parent holds their their young...right before bed, I hold him until he falls asleep - he’s almost 6...but he is very confident and mature - and smart...and when I hold him I never think that’s he’s a burden and tell myself how lucky I am to be his father!
...and I adopted him when he was 8 months old and he has CP...and yes, I’m the one blessed to have been chosen his father...not the other way around!
it even happens with pets. had one little guy who was older and very sick and i spent the night with him in a animal emergency clinic just holding him while he was on a drip. telling him we wouldn’t give up on im, what a good boy he was, etc.
he’s sitting on the ottoman in front of me right now.