Zoey and Stella are both 1 month old today. Its so crazy. They’ve been home for 2 1/2 weeks now and are noticeably bigger, chubbier and becoming more alert. Zoey is hovering around 6 lbs. and gained almost a pound in a week! Stella is gaining a little slower and is about 5.5 lbs. They are also sleeping together nicely and have started to look at each other which is so cool. Sometimes they even try to nurse on each others hands or foreheads! We have had 5 nights in a row now where they have fed 2 times at night and gone pretty much right back to sleep. I think we might have a system that works down! I am hoping to post some new pictures of them on flickr soon.
Not only is it easy to tell them apart, their personalities are also emerging different. Stella definitely likes to be held more and likes to look around a lot. She is also generally more patient when waiting to be fed, but is not as good at eating. Zoey really only demands your attention when she’s hungry, but she loves her pacifier big time. Zoey sleeps soundly and Stella does a lot of moving and noise-making while sleeping. So far, they are very different, which is what I expected. Its so inevitable, but so hard not to compare them. This will be life for them right? We are trying so hard to get to know them individually and not do the “dress them alike” constantly routine. Its incredible to think of how life would be different for them if they were simply born at different times instead of how it happened, by luck, to be created at the same time, albeit from different DNA. Read the rest of this entry »
