My baby has stretched to the size of a spaghetti squash and weighs almost a pound. (Length: nearly 11 inches.)
Here I am at 22 weeks…feeling like a bus…
Archive for the ‘baby development updates’ Category
baby update – 154 days pregnant
July 25, 2008
The baby measures about 7-1/2 inches (191 mm) in length and is about the size of a Barbie or Ken doll. In less than two weeks, the baby has gained more than 3 1/2 ounces (100 g).
21 weeks!
July 21, 2008
not quite sure how a banana is bigger than a cantelope…guess it means length. He is getting so long!
139 days pregnant
July 10, 2008By today, hair will have begun to form on your baby’s head. In another month, the head hair may be up to an inch long. In a month, our baby will have more hair than Tyler…:)
Ultrasound news!
June 30, 2008Here are pictures from our ultrasound this morning. If you can’t tell by looking…it’s a boy! If you are interested in seeing the whole ultrasound let us know and we will send you the link to the video!
17 week update
June 24, 2008Baby’s skeleton is hardening, changing from rubbery cartilage to bone, and fat is finally accumulating around it. The umbilical cord is getting thicker and stronger, and those little fingers and toes are now topped by one-of-a-kind prints.
baby update – 116 days pregnant
June 17, 2008Your baby is adding to its list of reflex behaviors: blinking helps keep foreign objects out of their eyes and keeps their eyes moist, sucking and swallowing provide for the ingestion of nutrients. Right now, your baby is practicing all three of these reflex behaviors. It is also working on incorporating some additional reflexes, so that by the time it is born, the average full-term baby will display more than seventy different reflex behaviors.
16 weeks!
June 16, 2008
Watch what you say… tiny bones forming in baby’s ears mean the little one can now pick up your voice. Eyebrows, lashes and hair are starting to fill in, and taste buds are forming.
Paige Staton
Tyler Staton