Should a 4 yr old kiss you on the lips?

Ok, I have a question. What is appropriate for a 4 year old? Please bear with me as I relate the whole story. I could really use some input on this. I babysit a 4 year old boy who is just adorable, however there is something that concerns me a little. This all started months ago...he come early in the morning so usually we go back to sleep for a few hours. Well, several times if he didn't go to sleep in the few 10 min or so he would try to snuggle with and kiss me, I was ok with that until he started trying to kiss my lips. I just told him, "no, we kiss on the cheeks" and I know some parents kiss their kids on the lips and maybe his do, I don't know. Anyway, it only happened twice because I started getting up if he didn't go to sleep and not just laying there with him. Ok, then he starts asking in the middle of the day "can we please go in bed and kiss each other." Again I was just like "no, we sleep in bed, we're not going to lay down unless we are going to sleep" This happened a bunch of times and I finally told him very firmly to stop asking unless he wanted to take a nap. That seemed to stop it and several months went by. Now just this week he has asked twice again if we could go lay in bed and snuggle and kiss. I don't want to make a big deal about it, because if he's just an innocent, loving child, but I don't know.... is this normal behaviour? Should I be concerned? How should I handle it?

Also, I think, well, maybe he asks that because he feels like he needs extra attention. So I try to give him that, but not right when he asks because I don't want to to associate asking me that with getting extra love and attention. Any advice would be great.

Thu. Jan 24, 12:50pm

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