29 weeks...

With eleven weeks left (!) baby now weighs around 2lbs and measures about 38.6cm from head to toe. Head hair is beginning to grow. The head is getting bigger, and brain growth is rapid at this time so we're making sure they have plenty of activity with playtime with Daddy & Mummy, especially in evenings! Their nutritional needs reach their peak this week so we're stocking up on lots of nutritional bits and bobs (and chocolate muffins - very nutritional). The skeleton hardens even more and the brain, muscles, and lungs continue to mature. The really exciting thing is that all five of our bundle of joy's senses are developing well (sight is the last to develop and will continue maturing once he's born). The baby is increasingly sensitive to changes in light, sound, taste and smell and may indicate preferences for particular tastes or odours! Whatever I am eating will flavour the amniotic fluid – it can smell strongly of curry, garlic, onion and cumin for example – and I read researchers have found the baby will drink it faster the sweeter it tastes. That's not currently a problem I'm sure!