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Uzo Aduba Jokes Lack of Sleep as a Mom of an Infant Is a 'Crime Against Humanity’: ‘On Another Level’ (Exclusive)

Actress Uzo Aduba, who welcomed daughter Adaiba with her husband Robert Sweeting, also tells PEOPLE she's been surprised by how quickly her daughter has grown: "I'm here every day watching, and it goes so fast"

Orange Is the New Black actress Uzo Aduba welcomed daughter Adaiba with her husband, filmmaker Robert Sweeting, in November 2023 “I didn't know how fast it goes,” the Emmy winner tells PEOPLE of motherhood Aduba remembers her own mom, who died in November 2021 from pancreatic cancer, in her memoir The Road Is Good: How a Mother's Strength Became a Daughter's Purpose Aduba and her husband Robert Sweeting welcomed their first child, a daughter named Adaiba, in November 2023, and the actress can’t believe how quickly time has gone since then. “Those parents who are on the other side, where their kids are out of the house or have gotten married and had their grandchildren themselves, and they say, ‘It goes so fast.’ I'm like, ‘I think I may understand a little bit of what you mean because I can't believe we're here already,’ ” Aduba says.

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