What a big week this is for Miss Caroline Barton, our magical little miracle! Just a few things to mark off the list are: Eyelashes - done. Eyebrows - done. Hair - done, however it doesn’t have pigment yet. Fingernails - done. Ears - done. Her hearing is getting sharper by the week and she can hear very loud sounds including Ace and Deuce barking as they welcome Mommy home from work!
Caroline’s brain is also growing quickly now and her taste buds are continuing to develop. Her lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help her lungs inflate once she arrives.
Last week, Caroline gained about 4 ounces and she is just over a pound give or take an ounce or two and she is about a foot long. At the end of this week it’s possible our little gal could be almost 2 pounds and one foot 2 inches tall!! From here on till her birth, little Sunshine could possibly gain up to 6 ounces a week! Much of that weight will come from accumulating baby fat, as well as from growing organs, bones, and muscle.
Though her first kicks and movements will seem random, gradually Caroline will be kicking quite regularly and begin patterns of wakefulness and sleeping throughout the day.
Caroline’s brain is also growing quickly now and her taste buds are continuing to develop. Her lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help her lungs inflate once she arrives.
Last week, Caroline gained about 4 ounces and she is just over a pound give or take an ounce or two and she is about a foot long. At the end of this week it’s possible our little gal could be almost 2 pounds and one foot 2 inches tall!! From here on till her birth, little Sunshine could possibly gain up to 6 ounces a week! Much of that weight will come from accumulating baby fat, as well as from growing organs, bones, and muscle.
Though her first kicks and movements will seem random, gradually Caroline will be kicking quite regularly and begin patterns of wakefulness and sleeping throughout the day.
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