Huh, funny how much this resembles my ultrasound pic,.... :PThe ultrasound was taken about a wk & a half ago,...
(copied from a pregnancy website)Your wee baby is now comparable in size to a plum!
Go ahead... we'll wait while you run to the kitchen and hold one in your hand to marvel at the life form unfolding inside of you.
Your baby's favorite game right now is exploring their face and especially their mouth.
Not only does this game improve your child's newly acquired voluntary muscle coordination of their limbs, but it also starts hard-wiring their hand nerves for newly gained sensations as they're now able to experience in their hands, because their palms can now "feel"!
Extensive facial exploration also primes their facial nerves by setting the stage for a lifetime of subtle sensations from kissing to spitting!
Final interesting fetal developments for the week: their newly acquired swallow reflex, and the beginnings of a sense of smell, which when combined with their maturing taste buds, will provide your baby with their first experiences of taste and smell in the womb.
Yeah, we're also curious what wombs smell like. We'd like to think warm and homey, which just might be the smell of freshly baked cookies.
Bethany LOVES to talk about the baby all the time & is FULL of questions. Sometimes I have to be quite inventive coming up with an age-appropriate answer!
Lily doesn"t quite understand & seems to think everyone has an imaginary baby. She keeps hers in her diaper (it's the only "pocket" she has most of the time,...) & she takes it out & plays/talks to it. She has an unlimited imagination & is quite entertaining. However, that is a story for another time,....
LOL... pulling the baby out of her diaper.
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