My son (4) woke up and came to talk to me in the middle of the night

My son (4) woke up and came to talk to me in the middle of the night. I was asleep, but in my dreams, I could hear him saying something and feel him touching me.

Since I moved a bit, he thought I was awake, but ignoring him, so he asked, “Are you sad, dada?” several times. Eventually, I woke up, and he said several times, “If you are sad, make this sound lalalalalala so I can know.”

It was the cutest thing. He was deeply concerned about me and wanted to make it easy for me to communicate my feelings to him. Then he went to my wife’s side of the bed, crawled in, and asked her if I was okay.

(They sometimes confuse sad and sleepy, because when kids get sleepy, they might cry.)