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First, she’s developing a real laugh. Not a girlish giggle, but an actual and authentic throaty chuckle. It’s a bit startling, but cool.<\/p>\n
Second, she’s decided to start sleeping in the dark without a night light, which appears to have come from a sleepover a week ago when she discovered she could sleep with the lights off.<\/p>\n
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