Saturday, July 03, 2010

Elektra's growth spurt

Elektra must be going through a growth spurt.  Sure, she's feeling tons better from the strep throat she had last week, but I don't think that is what's going on here (I could be wrong, of course).

In the last week, she's eaten like a horse and in the process, she has been putting down the protein like it's going out of style.  For example, she had 1 and a half eggs - with melted cheese - for breakfast this morning.  She's asked for yogurt every meal and snack and when we haven't had yogurt, she's eaten cottage cheese.  And after eating a bowl of that, she's then had steak/chicken/some other protein on top of that! 

In addition, she's been taking monster long naps.  Each day this week, she's had at least a 3 hour nap, if not longer.  Today, she had a 4 hour nap by the time I woke her up (she was dead asleep!), and she's still clearly tired!  On Thursday, she had a 3 and a half hour nap, and then asked to go to bed 2 hours later.

Finally, she's been communicating even more than she already does.  She very clearly said to me one day this week, "Where did DJ go?" I was shocked, and then she said it again.  This morning, she said, "There's the sun," pointing at the sunbeam in our backyard that she could see while eating breakfast. 

I claim Growth Spurt!

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