Physical progress report

Edith stood unsupported several times today for about 3-5 seconds at a stretch. She also stood up without pulling up on anything: she just pushed up off the floor with her hands. I don't know what any of that means, but it was exciting.

She meanwhile is surprising us on the sleep front. Last night she slept through the night. She does this once every five or six weeks, and it is totally unexpected and absolutely heavenly. I never quite realize that I'm walking around in a state of semi-sleep-deprivation all the time until one of these nights of unbroken sleep, when I wake up feeling relaxed in a way I'd forgotten.

She followed up her night of unbroken sleep today by taking her longest nap on record (since naps became discrete units in an otherwise wakeful day, that is): 3 hours and 45 minutes. I actually woke her up at that point, because we feared she'd be up half the night otherwise. But though she went to sleep a bit later than usual, she did so eagerly. Usually I have to nurse her into deep sleep before I can put her down. Tonight she nursed awhile, then pulled off and threw her head back, arching impatiently as if to tell me to put her down already. I did, and she nestled in and conked out. Maybe all this physical activity is taking it out of her?