HOPeFul7

Last night, while i was rocking my 6 month old/ 4 year old.  i say 6 month old because at night time he becomes a tiny baby.  he stops talking and converts to baby talk.  he then needs to be swaddled and rocked to sleep with a bottle.  this appears to me to be about an infant - 6 month old type of behavior.  Anyhow, in the middle of the rocking, he started crying (and not the normal fake crying) - although there were still no tears.  But, that seemed more like it was a result of him trying hard to not cry.  He was angry and sad at the same time.  He said he missed him mom, and that he wished that she hadn't gotten hurt and gone away.  I kept rocking him, telling him that i loved him and that he belonged here. He wasn't violent, just crying and trying not to cry.  I told him it was okay to cry.  He quieted down after about 5 or 10 minutes.  then he fell asleep while i rocked him.  He didn't get up the whole night.  Normally he gets up at around 12:30 am then again around 4:30 am and needs to be either rocked or his back needs to be massaged so he can fall asleep. 

I'm hoping this is the beginning of something different.