I am going to reveal something I don't talk about much.

I remember becoming self-aware. At this point I am remembering the remembering but there was one time when I was breast-feeding and crying when I suddenly had the thought, translating to words, "why am I crying?" A moment before I had been nothing but drives. Suddenly there was someone there. I was put on the floor and I crawled and began to lay down memories.

I am not making this up. I clearly remember awakening to self-awareness. I won't call it consciousness.