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- Your baby hits a mini
milestone this week.
At a full pound, she bids bye
bye to postal scale weigh-ins
and graduates to the real thing.
And at almost eight
inches, your little bear
is about the size of the teddies
she'll be playing with before you know it.
A lot has to happen
before then, of course,
but things are moving
along at a brisk pace.
Your baby's quickly
developing nervous system
is sharpening her senses
more and more each day,
putting her in touch with
her world and her own body.
In fact, a newfound sense of touch
is making things a lot more
fascinating in her cozy domain
as tiny fingers reach
out to explore tiny toes
and, what's that, my nose and my ears.
Those same fidgety digits feel their way
along the uterine wall, grasping onto the
branch-like umbilical
cord with all their might.
Your wee one is already working on
the strong grip she'll use
to grab onto your finger
when she's a newborn.
Your baby's sense of sight
is also coming into focus.
What can she see at this point?
Even though it's dark inside your tummy
and her eyelids are still fused shut,
your baby can perceive light
when you let the sun, or a
flashlight, shine on your belly.
Her sufficiently developed
cochlear membranes in the ears
are tuned up to hear and process sounds
from inside your body.
What's your little one listening to now?
Your breathing, the
whoosh of your blood flow,
your rumbling tummy and, of course,
the pitter pattering of your heartbeat.
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