..my son told me after he had spent the very first night apart from me since we became a family (Oct 2005). We both slept for a long time, even though some 10 kilometers apart. I didn’t got time to feel for long how it was to be alone in the house in the morning, to put it mildly, before I rushed out there to collect him and eat breakfast with our friends. I told him I were proud of him for doing a thing he was a bit worried about at first.
And I am; Proud. Of. Him! 
In the car on the way home I told him again and asked if he might sleep there another night if mummy had to work again. The answer was a clear and loud YES(!) But then I told him that I had missed him that night and that the house felt empty without him.
The answer was: I’m proud of you mom, for sleeping alone without me!
I love that guy 
Now I’ve spent the day on the phone and cleaning my kitchen; about time I go and get my boy home from kindergarten!