I do not like that way at all,...Poppy tends to like to grab my arms and bites and I scold her to not do this,..because she really can hurt me. If I have to pick her up I talk softly and get her gently around her tummy with one arm and hold her close with the other. Even tho she loves to lay on my chest and cuddle in bed, she does not like really to be picked up and held.