Bad Dreams...the beginning

Tyler woke up in the middle of the night last night crying and calling "I want my mommy!" I woke up and went to his room to check on him, and he was just crying and holding his blanket. I asked him if he had a bad dream and he said,"Mommy go away?" I told him of course I wasn't going away and that he just had a bad dream. So, I covered him back up with his blanket and rubbed his back and he fell back asleep pretty quickly.

In the morning, Tyler woke up in a pretty good mood, greeting me and then going to play with his trains. While I was getting him changed and dressed later, Mike walked in his room to say good morning. Unprompted, Tyler told him, "I had bad dream Mommy went bye bye." I couldn't believe he remembered it! I thought it was some fleeting thing, since he had gone back to sleep so quickly. Anyway, I told him that I would never, ever go away and I'd always be here for him. He responded with climbing on me and giving me a big grappling hug around my neck.