Zoey

Zoey's turn for her own blog post! Zoey is our little peanut who started out at just 3 pounds 15 ounces. We are so curious about whether she will always be petite, or whether she will catch up on the growth curve someday. Being small doesn't hold her back though. She is always wiggling and trying to scooch around in her crib or on the floor during tummy time. That's why so many of the pictures we take of her end up blurry - she can't stay still long enough.



We melt when she looks up at us with those big blue eyes. Zoey has many wise, thoughtful expressions, and we often wonder what she's thinking.


Zoey loves her soft white lamb lovey, and now she's added her thumb to the mix. She is the one who sleeps in the shortest intervals at night, probably because she has the tiniest tummy. It's driving us nuts since the other two are pretty reliably sleeping at least 8 hours a night, and Zoey still sleeps in 3-4 hour chunks. I would only have to get up once a night if she could sleep longer. She had a rough sleep week when we transitioned her from her car seat to the crib, when she woke even more frequently. We tried a couple of nights of tummy sleeping, which is much more comfortable for her, but it made us too nervous at her age (even though she can lift and turn her head). So she's on her back, and does much better when tightly swaddled. Otherwise her startle reflex makes her flail around and wake up too often.



Modeling her cute hat and showing off her bumbo skills. She is really developing good head control.


Finally found her thumb!


Zoey has lots of cute clothes of her own, like this dress, but she also has lots of hand-me-downs from Abby since she is so much smaller. She can still wear some newborn sizes and is slowly transitioning to 0-3. She's still in size 1 diapers, while the others are in size 2. We never have to worry about buying too many of the big diapers, because we know Zoey can use them someday.

It's a good thing Zoey has so many clothes, because she has to change outfits several times a day due to her amazing ability to spit up. The Zantac has helped her reflux pain, but it does nothing to curb the spit up. We know it's been a good day when she wears the same outfit all day!


Zoey loves to "talk" and make noises. She develops new sounds all the time. We've learned that when she says "hey" it means she needs to burp/spit up. So far her other sounds just seem to be for fun. It's fun to have conversations with her - we're guessing that she might be the first to talk for real.