This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. He's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to fit through the birth canal. (The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance.) These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as his brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood.
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way to go brian and bill...it looks great!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Sandy, you sure are popping out! You look more beautiful than ever. And Brian, to you and your Dad, your baby's room looks wonderful. When Sandy was a baby/little girl, guess what color she liked best? Love, AC
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