Katchie,
I've experienced this. Once the I'm sorry didn't work, (because he never backed it up), then the presents, when they didn't work, (because he never backed up anything), then it was the constant attention.
I was getting 6 - 8 phone calls a day, and at night he would watch TV with me in my room (the den), and insist on holding my hand all night long. It drove me crazy. He also went to bed early because he left for work early (about 5 am) and wanted me to go to bed with him at 8pm so that he could hold me like a teddy bear all night.
You turned down the curtains !!!!! This is his next step, overpowering attention. Or at least that is what it was in my case. He may be feeling that you are getting stronger, and he needs things to go back to his "comfort zone".
((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))
amy