Uma Watch Day 7175: Now with even more.
  • Thursday, July 31, 2008
    Over and under
     
  • Wednesday, July 30, 2008
    Uma catches up with Olivia
     

    Yup, the same clothes two days in a row. Heck, just 2 days is nothing.
  • Tuesday, July 29, 2008
    No shirt, no service
     

    We didn't specify how to wear the shirt, though.
  • Monday, July 28, 2008
    Slider
     

     
  • Stomach swing
     

     

     

     
  • Sunday, July 27, 2008
    Puma speed
     

     
  • Up and over
     

     

     
  • Saturday, July 26, 2008
    Mallrat
     

     

     
  • Fancy hair
     

     
    Avant-garde fashion
     
  • Friday, July 25, 2008
    Uma's response to shampoo
    "I want to be stinky all the time!"

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  • Almost ready to rock
     
    Uh oh
     

    He has my hair, doesn't he?
    You've got to build that tower putting blocks on the bottom
     
  • Thursday, July 24, 2008
    Dental hygiene matters
     

     
  • Wednesday, July 23, 2008
    Mermaid
     
  • Tuesday, July 22, 2008
    Disequilibrium
    No sooner do I post about our new bedtime equilibrium than it is shattered. Sometimes I think that Uma wouldn't be satisfied unless we both slept in her room. Actually, that's not true; that would work for a couple of weeks, and then I'd have to carry her until she slept. After a while, even that wouldn't work, because she'd wake up in the middle of the night and find herself in her bed. Then I'd have to carry her all night long.

    It's hard to figure out what's behind our chronic sleep problems. Is it something that she was born with? Or did we mess something up early on, and now we're stuck in pattern of behavior that we can't break out of? Knowing that would help us figure out how to solve it. It would also help to avoid making the same mistakes again. I wish there was an expert to consult, but to make a truly effective recommendation you would have to live with her for a week or two.
  • Jumper
     
  • Monday, July 21, 2008
    Uma dances
     

     

     

     


    Time for a break.

     

     
  • Furniture model
     
  • Sunday, July 20, 2008
    The big girl bed
    Uma hasn't completely adapted to the big girl bed. Or, maybe she has, and our transitional tactics have become permanent. There are two main things. One is that we can't close the door to her room all the way. We have to leave it a few inches ajar.

    The other, more oppressive change is that one of us has to be in the office until she falls asleep. Every few minutes she calls out, "is Daddy in the office still?" It's rather confining. It also makes it take a lot longer for her to fall asleep. It's not enough to have a monitor and come when she needs us.

    There may be a silver lining. Uma loves TV, to which we naturally limit her access. If we have a show we want to watch, she's willing to let us go into the living room. I'll just have to find us a lot of TV to watch. September isn't that long from now, plus we'll have the Olympics.

    Update: I got in big trouble last night because I was in the living room, but I wasn't watching a show. I had to promise that I would watch something. I had no idea Tivo would be so useful when I got my first one 8 years ago.

    Also, she fell out of her bed in the middle of the night, which was quite a trick, considering we have a guard rail in place.

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  • Long hair
     

    On one of the few occasions she was willing to allow combing it.
  • Saturday, July 19, 2008
    I don't think that's how you carry a baby
     
  • Friday, July 18, 2008
    Synchronized play gym
     

    Really ought to be an Olympic event.
  • Thursday, July 17, 2008
    No shirt, no shoes, no matter
     
  • Uma practices the Heimlich maneuver
     
  • Wednesday, July 16, 2008
    Moving on up
     
  • Higher and higher
     

     

     

     
  • Tuesday, July 15, 2008
    Treehugger
     

    I wasn't planning on taking a picture. I was directed to do so.
  • Monday, July 14, 2008
    Tank (top) Girl
     
  • The artist at work
     
  • Sunday, July 13, 2008
    Smart Puffs aren't "Tidy Puffs"
     
  • Saturday, July 12, 2008
    Uma sings and swings
    2.12

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  • Friday, July 11, 2008
    Goofy girl
     
  • Thursday, July 10, 2008
    Got buttermilk?
     
  • Birthday hat
     

    And most of a birthday suit.
    The bridge
     
  • Wednesday, July 09, 2008
    Monsters in the Night
    Last night Uma called out for me, saying there was a monster in her room. My first impulse was to tell her that there is no such thing as a monster. However, on my way to her room, I decided I should not just dismiss her fears. Instead we should talk about the monster, maybe brainstorm about how we might get rid of it, and play act our solution. I was feeling rather smug about my parenting skills when I opened Uma's door and discovered that she had been saying that Molly (our dog) was in her room, not a monster. Ah, the problem-solving lesson that might have been!
  • Stop motion
     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    A challenging climb
     

     

     
  • Tuesday, July 08, 2008
    A novel application
     
  • Out walkin'
     
    Chin tickle
     
  • Monday, July 07, 2008
    No Entry
     

    I guess we have to stay out here in the road.
  • A purposeful stride
     
    Uma's greeting this morning
    "You see how I'm making this face? That means I'm still a little bit tired."

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    Riding shotgun
     
  • Sunday, July 06, 2008
    Jumper
     

     

     

     
  • Saturday, July 05, 2008
    Uma slept all night in the big girl bed (again)
    And this time, she didn't wake up in the middle of the night and need me to keep her company for 45 minutes. Also, yesterday she took a nap at Aaji's house for the first time, something she suggested herself. Freedom beckons. Well, as soon as we figure out how to ditch The Boy.

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  • Grandma's loss is Uma's gain
     

    When Grandma forgets Uma's suitcase, Uma gets new clothes.
  • Friday, July 04, 2008
    Uma slept all night in the big girl bed
     

    It was a little rough, but we got there.
  • Thursday, July 03, 2008
    Uma's commuting setup
     
  • Wednesday, July 02, 2008
    So happy together
     
  • Arts and crafts at Aaji's house
     

    Well, just colored sand.
  • Tuesday, July 01, 2008
    Making faces