Uma has been sleeping through the night for over a week now. This has also been accompanied by much, much less fuss when taking naps and going to bed for the night. It makes life a lot easier for us, and I think it makes her happier as well. She sleeps from around 7:30pm to about 7am, with a single nap of between 90 minutes and 3 hours starting at noon. I think she finally gets that sleep is good. She also wakes up more happily. Those mornings start with some murmuring, followed maybe by some "Mama. Mama. Mama. Mama. Mama. Dada. Dada. Dada. Dada." Once she gets impatient, it turns into "Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow." That's as in out, but she hasn't acquired T yet.

Her big thing lately has been going outside. She likes to go out on the patio, in our backyard, or walking down the street. The weather here has been rather ferocious, though, so we don't want to spend 4 hours outside every day like Uma does. There's a lot of "ow" then, too.

Another thing she has been doing lately is "sneaking" into our bedroom and closing the door. After a few seconds, it isn't funny anymore. Then it's "Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow."

I've been playing her music every morning after her breakfast to keep her from running off somewhere else in the house while I eat my breakfast. It works for a while. She still does her standard Jackknife Dance™, but she's also thrown in a Stomp Dance, where she walks around with her right leg stepping especially high. This morning, she was doing some kind of wiggly thing that might be another dance, if she sticks to it.

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posted by Ketan @ 8/15/2006 01:44:00 PM