falling asleep at my lap and waking up as soon as she was put down. Now she gets about 2-3 naps a day (averaging about 2 hours each). Sometimes I put her on her tummy to nap, and other times I just let her nap on my lap on the Breast Friend while I am on the computer and other times she naps in her swing. During her awake hours she nurses constantly to make up for feedings, and when she's not eating she's become quite alert and interactive. We can actually leave her on her activity mat or in her crib (she LOVES her mobile) and as long as she's not hungry, she'll sit and "play" on her own for 30 minutes or so. Other times weUmbrian cognate mefa that is supposed to have the meaning "a certain sacrificial object, maybe cake".
As Rafael said in a comment, the derivation from the verb meaning 'measure', met(ior), is supposed to have occurred via a participle form. A sacrifice of food could be described fairly literally as "a thing measured out". De Vaan suggests that

In Latin, the meaning then shifted from the offering itself to the object on which the offerings were placed.

