Zeeke weighed in at twelve and a half pounds on Tuesday, even more than we expected. So it was out with the newborn insert for his car seat and up with the shoulder straps, both of which have led to him being slightly more comfortable in the car. It's also meant graduating to size two diapers.
It's been an interesting week for Zeeke's sleeping. Last weekend, Zeeke surprised us with an eight hour chunk of sleep each night. Unfortunately, during the rest of the week, he was... less sleepy. Three hour chunks at best most nights. On Friday night, though, he gave us a five hour sleep followed by a four hour one, which was awesome and then he was back to eight hours on Saturday night. The heatwave and barometric pressure are likely playing a big part in his erratic sleeping. He's been spending a lot of these days just snacking and napping on Karen, which is of course very taxing. That said, Karen accomplished an amazing feat on Wednesday when she got him down for a nap without using feeding to lull him to sleep.
Zeeke's hand-eye coordination when grabbing things is getting more and more fine-tuned. Instead of just batting at his toys to spin them, he's showing a little finesse. He's still practicing rolling over from his stomach to his back, although he hurt himself for a few minutes doing so on Sunday. On both Tuesday and Sunday, he pretty much crawled about five or six inches. It's more like slithering really since he drags his belly along the bed, but locomotion is definitely achieved.
After his weeks of sucking on his fist, he's started to manage getting his thumb into his mouth. It's pretty cute and we're happy that he's learning to self-soothe. The drooling has become a constant and we're making sure that there's always a bib or cloth around to dry him off.
On Wednesday, we finally took Zeeke out to the new Shake Shack and then hung out in Rittenhouse Square and met up with Michael.
Thursday night, we brought Dena some Thai food to celebrate her moving into her new house.
Friday, Karen and Zeeke went to a Mommy-and-Baby yoga class and had a little kismet experience. As some of you may remembered, back in January, when we found out our baby would be a Zeeke instead of a Trixie, we ended up giving our beloved girl name to the new KitchenAid mixer. Well, the only other participant at the yoga class brought her seven-week-old girl Beatrice, aka Trixie. Karen got very excited, saying that we hoped our guy would have a Trixie in his life and telling the mixer story. The mom got quiet and then revealed that Beatrice was wearing a KitchenAid mixer onesie! Woah!
Saturday, Jenny W. visited to meet Zeeke and look through some of the clothes he's already outgrown for her soon-to-be-here little guy. Then the four of us (five!) went to a kid clothing swap. That evening, we met Katie, Dave, and Greta for a fun and decadent dinner at Birra.
On Sunday, we spent the afternoon with Elspeth, Augie, Laura, Jen, Katie, Eric, Dave, and Greta. Unfortunately, most of the places we'd planned to go turned out to be closed, but we had a nice lunch at the Cantina and fun hanging out in the heat.