Because allergies are doing horrible things to the writer 's sinuses .Because the writer 's lack of sleep was wearing on them .Because they thought they might get the kid sick .Because they had n't gotten much sleep last week .
Why did the writer not want to hold the kid ?
I did n't want to hold the kid . I had n't gotten much sleep last week and it was starting to wear on me . Plus my allergies were ( and still are ) doing horrible things to my sinuses . The last thing that kid needs is me sneezing germs all in his newborn face .