I knew you would pull out of your funk. Good for you in doing what you needed to do!
I had a rather lengthy commentary on his need to be "coddled" but I deleted it. Suffice to say I am confused about this too, and whether it is something to just be done if you have a new R with him, or something to be looked at as a character flaw? I dunno. I struggle with the same kinds of issues with W.
