This past month has been a busy one, Mr. Ice Cream was in San Diego for a week, Max had his 3rd birthday party and Zoe had her first road trip, which coincidently was also her last road trip (she screamed the entire time).
Sleeping
Zoe still gets her crying out during the day and sleeps great at night. I nervously write that since the 4 month regression is right around the corner. The difference this time is that Mr. Ice Cream and I will sleep train immediately.
Eating
Zoe has the worst baby fomo (fear of missing out). If anything is happening around her while she is nursing or taking a bottle, her head immediately jolts up in that direction. Even if there is no activity around, her eyes are constantly scanning the room to make sure she isn’t missing anything. As a result, she is a challenge to feed. Some days her teachers tell us it takes 45 minutes to give her a bottle. At home we usually sit in a closed room, with the lights dimmed and white noise playing to feed her. Love how easy peasy she is!
The good news is that she is gaining weight. According to her pediatrician she should be gaining at least 2/3 an ounce every day. She isn’t quite hitting that threshold, but she is close. The less good news is we have to continue waking her up at night to squeeze in an extra feeding.
Doing
For reasons we can’t explain, Zoe has started giving us about 20 minutes of happiness a day. During that time, she smiles easily, reacts to us and occasionally even giggles. Then, almost as if she senses our demeanor relaxing, she scrunches her face and screaming Zoe returns.
Weirdly, her happy times coincide with her legs coming out of her onesie. She will be crying, but as soon as her two legs are flailing in the nude, she immediately calms down. This of course is short lived otherwise Zoe would never have pants on!
Crying aside, we’ve seen a major shift in Zoe’s alertness. Now she is like a tiny human who quietly, or sometimes loudly, observes her surroundings. Specifically, the surroundings to her right because according to her pediatrician the right side of her head is flatter than the left. Next month we will be working on sightseeing to the left.
Latest Milestone
Zoe rolled over! And in true Zoe fashion she did it while crying the entire time. We almost felt bad clapping and cheering for her as she wailed. My favorite part was how excited Max was for her. He kept clapping and saying, “roll again!”
Zoe 4 month stats
Here are some stats from Zoe’s fourth month.
Weight: 12.3 lbs (10th percentile)
Height: 24.5″
Head circumference: 16.25″
cherry / 148 posts
She is so adorable! Such a little cutie!
blogger / apricot / 250 posts
@Ina85: thank you!
guest
How are you doing? That was a lot of mentions of screaming so I hope you guys are taking care of your sanity as well. She’s a cutie though!
blogger / apricot / 250 posts
We are doing okay, mainly because she sleeps wonderfully at night! But without a doubt she is a much fussier baby than my first.
pomelo / 5621 posts
She is a doll. Hopefully she gives up all that screaming soon.