I have a 8 year old who my husband obtained custody at 1.5years, but the child did not officially move in until he was 3 due to deployments. Since, he has had a stable home, except for the summers when he goes to his biological mothers house for 45 days. She calls maybe once a month for 5-8 minutes to talk to him, so he does not have a tight bond with her. But since the age of 3 he has always been an excessive hugger. This is a typical day. Morning hug, he eats breakfast, hugs, helps out cooking, finishes cooking, hug. Eats, hug... goes upstairs and gets ready to go play, hug. Then comes in for water, hug, gets water, hug. Come in for lunch , hug, eats, hug,. goes outside and plays.. comes in for water, hugs, drinks water, hugs. Goes outside and plays, comes in for dinner, hugs, we watch a show, cuddles/hugs. Then we change a movie hugs, goes to the bathroom hugs (this is also throughout the day when he goes to the bathroom). we tell him to go get ready for bed, hugs, gets ready for bed, hugs, gets water, hugs, and then goes to bed (probably about 4 hugs in the night intervals. .... i dont want to sound like a bad parent for saying, its becoming overbearing, but two years ago he said he wanted a sibling and we had a son, he is now 1.5 yrs. They love each other and hug eachother all the time, but his hugging has not decreased and it seems he still lacks emotional satisfaction, even my 1 year old doesn't hug me as much, his hugging habits have been the same for 5 years, but it's just getting more difficult to maintenance them when the hugs are coming in the middle of cooking/laundry/feeding the baby/running errands/shopping etc.... its like he feels he needs to get a certain number in during the day... and with me getting a job, it gets bulked in into a 5 hour period, it seems easier on the weekends when the hugs can be spaced out throughout the day..... during the week though it does get burdensome... We are looking into play therapy but i feel like i might be overreacting, and maybe i am the issue?? I dont know if this is normal? my 1 year old doesn't do it, but they have different personalities so i am not sure if its linked to a specific personality? any advice is welcomed....