Month Seven -- Weeks 25-28
Size -- The little guy starts the month at 1 pound, 3 ounces / 8.5 inches (crown-to-rump) and finishes off at 2 pounds / 10 inches (crown-to-rump), so we're still bulking up rather than lengthening out (both of us are bulking up). Interesting tidbit here -- if you stretch him out at the end of the month, Wee will be 14-15 inches long (head-to-toe), so he will outsize a Ken doll by about an inch. Weighs a heck of a lot more than Barbie's boyfriend, though...
Development -- At the beginning of this month, Wee will already have a sense of equilibrium, which answers the "Can he feel it when I roll from side to side?" question : Yes, effective right now. He knows when he's right side up and when he's upside down, but I don't think he really has a preference. His biggest achievement this month will be to add blood vessels to his little lungs to get them ready to do some breathing. Also, bones are still hardening, and brain is still growing.
Appearance -- His retinas are done developing now, so he will start to open his eyes and blink -- which means that now it's time to tease him with a flashlight! Apparently he'll squirm away from it, which might not be fun for me, so we might only play one time. He probably has a distinct hair color at this point, and I bet it's brown and a little shaggy like Chris'. :)
Rachel's belly at 24 weeks
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