Category Archives: Baby Updates

How big is baby? The size of a eggplant! Baby Development FYI:  Putting on layers of fat, your baby now weighs in around 1.5 to 2.5 pounds and measures about 13.6 to 14.8 inches. She’s starting to develop more fat, so her wrinkly skin will start to get smoother.  Her lungs are mature enough that she’dContinue reading “Week 28”

How big is baby? The size of a rutabaga! Baby Development FYI: At 13.6 to 14.8 inches and 1.5 to 2.5 pounds, she’s not just getting bigger, she’s getting smarter. She’s practicing inhaling and exhaling with her rapidly developing lungs. It’s official: Baby’s showing brain activity! And her brain will keep on getting more complex.My bodyContinue reading “Week 27”

How big is baby? The size of a lettuce head!  Baby Development FYI: She’s still growing in the 13.6- to 14.8-inch and 1.5- to 2.5-pound range, and developing her senses, features and talents! Her eyes are forming, and his eyes will soon start to open.  And her eyelashes are now grown, too.  She’s getting her immune systemContinue reading “Week 26”

How big is baby? The size of a cauliflower!  Baby Development FYI:  During month six, the average fetus measures about 13.6 inches to 14.8 inches and weighs about 1.5 to 2.5 pounds.  She’s enjoying her new sense of equilibrium — she now knows which way is up and which is down.  She’s growing more fat and more hairContinue reading “Week 25”

How big is baby? The size of a cantaloupe!  Baby Development FYI:  Your 10.5-to-11.8-inch fetus weighs about 12.7 to 20.8 ounces and every week she gets closer and closer to being ready to survive (and thrive!) in the outside world.  Her see-through skin is gradually becoming more opaque.  And it’s got a new pink glow,Continue reading “Week 24”

How big is baby? The size of a grapefruit!  (These food comparisons aren’t the most accurate I’ve realized…)Baby Development FYI:  At about 10.5 to 11.8 inches and about 12.7 to 20.8 ounces, baby’s not just getting bigger, she’s getting even cuter. She’s forming little nipples (yeah, really!).  Her face is fully formed now — sheContinue reading “Week 23”

Thank you rain, for the worst lighting EVER. How big is baby? The size of a papaya! Baby Development FYI:  During month five, the average fetus measures about 10.5 to 11.8 inches and weighs about 12.7 to 20.8 ounces.Now that he’s got more developed eyes and lips, he’s looking even more like a newborn.  He’sContinue reading “Week 22”

How big is baby? The size of a pomegranate!Baby Development FYI:  At 10.5 inches and about 12.7 ounces, she’s big enough now that you’ve probably been feeling her movements. As her digestive system preps for the outside world, she’s manufacturing meconium — the tarry black substance you’ll find in her first dirty diaper (ew)!  IfContinue reading “Week 21”

How big is baby? The size of a banana!Baby Development FYI:  HALF WAY!  Baby weighs about 10.2 ounces and measures about 6.5 inches. She’s still got a lot of growing to do though. Can you believe you’re halfway done? He’s got working taste buds. Now, he’s gulping down several ounces of amniotic fluid each day —Continue reading “Week 20”

How big is baby? The size of a mango!Baby Development FYI:  At about 6.0 inches long and weighing in at about 8.5 ounces, she’s getting there! Developing a protective coating over her skin, called vernix caseosa. It’s greasy and white and you may see some of it at her birth. Working on her five senses.Continue reading “Week 19”