A Parent's Bias

Isn't she cute? I know all parents think their kids are super cute and we are no different. We can stare for hours at her in her crib, just marveling at how cute and alert and amazing she is! Zoe is doing very well - almost like a different baby this time off of the vent. She tolerates her breaks off the mask very well, is requiring a low amount of oxygen, and is overall much stronger. We are still waiting for them to wean down the pressure on her CPAP in the hopes of getting her off CPAP altogether, but we know that we have to be patient. She still has a lot of growing to do. She weighs 3 pounds 10 ounces now and is consistently putting on weight each day. She's somewhat of a slow-grower, but we're hoping that she takes off here soon and really starts getting bigger.

She liked her bath yesterday. After a brief moment of mixed feelings, she settled into it and was super alert and happy the whole time. She should be getting baths about once a week now as she is more stable so we will look forward to that. It's one of the closest moments we can have with her and we treasure it.

It is harder to leave her nowadays. I think having her in a real crib instead of the incubator symbolizes one step closer to home - like she is more like our baby and less like the hospital's baby. I know it's going to get even harder as she gets stronger and bigger. Luckily, they put an anti-theft device on her ankle to ward off potential baby stealers! I think they mainly have to worry about me though.

Clean Baby

Bath Time

New Digs

Zoe TV

A New Bed

Zoe is now using an open crib instead of her old incubator. She is able to regulate her temperature better and is in the open air. The nurses also started dressing her. It was nice to walk into the familiar NICU and see Zoe in a new crib wearing a cute little outfit.


She is still on CPAP and seems to be doing pretty well with it this time around. We hope she continues to tolerate it, and they can lower her pressure setting. We will see what happens.

8 Weeks