ok this may sound like a stupid question so don't laugh. one thing i notice is that when dudes get older that they lose a little bit of their willingness/ability to appear affectionate to children. i saw that with my dad at least. usually if there is a little kid in the house (say a visitor's child), everyone is real gentle/playful/affectionate etc. but sometimes i notice that the older cats sometimes seem even repulsed. now i dont know if that's just a symptom of the whole "everyone gets crankier with age" thing, but it's something ive seen. so to OP, if you find yourself acting that way just know that you will have to go out of your boundaries as far as acting in that way since children demand (and even deserve) it.
anyone else know what im talking about tho? like my dad, we could be in a room full of little kids and whereas the other people are like "awww s/he is cute," my dad is like "get away from me, u booger eating shitty pants, now knowing where ur hands been all day azz nigga!" (ok not in those words but u get my drift)