This week has been a crazy one!!!! Garrett has his first cold. He woke up Monday night---actually early, early Tuesday morning, with a stuffy nose. He was up the majority of the night. Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep. I felt so bad for him. He was so stuffy and snotty that he kept choking. Luckily my mom was able to come over and pick him up so I could get ready for work. She kept him Tuesday while Joel and I were at work. Garrett amazingly slept through the night last night. I think he was totally exhausted. He was still stuffy this morning, so my mom kept him again today. He seems to be a bit better today. We are going to go back to the babysitter tomorrow. I have been afraid he might get the other kids sick, even though he hasn't had a fever. I am hopeful that we caught his cold early enough and started giving him Tylenol early enough that he won't stay sick!!!!
Other than that, nothing else has been going on for us this week!!! It is amazing to know that I am already 17 weeks pregnant. 1 more week and we will find out what is swimming around in this tummy of mine!!!
17 Weeks
~You can feel your uterus just below your belly button now. It should be the size of a cantaloupe or a little bigger now.
~By week 17, your baby weighs about 4.97 ounces (140gm) and is 5.12 inches (13cm) long.
~He or she has a much more normal "human" appearance now. She holds her head more erect and her body and limbs are longer in proportion to her head.
~Pads are forming on his tiny fingertips and toes. Soon those individual swirls and whorls will be apparent.
~Her eyes are looking forward now, but they are still firmly closed.
~Meconium (composed of products of cell loss, digestive secretion and swallowed amniotic fluid), is accumulating in the bowel. This black gooey substance will become your baby's first poop!
~The umbilical cord is growing thicker and stronger and continues to rush blood and nutrients to your growing baby.
~If your child is male the prostate begins to develop.
~Her skeleton is tranforming from cartilage to bone. The bones remain flexible to make the journey through the birth canal easier.
~By week 17, your baby weighs about 4.97 ounces (140gm) and is 5.12 inches (13cm) long.
~He or she has a much more normal "human" appearance now. She holds her head more erect and her body and limbs are longer in proportion to her head.
~Pads are forming on his tiny fingertips and toes. Soon those individual swirls and whorls will be apparent.
~Her eyes are looking forward now, but they are still firmly closed.
~Meconium (composed of products of cell loss, digestive secretion and swallowed amniotic fluid), is accumulating in the bowel. This black gooey substance will become your baby's first poop!
~The umbilical cord is growing thicker and stronger and continues to rush blood and nutrients to your growing baby.
~If your child is male the prostate begins to develop.
~Her skeleton is tranforming from cartilage to bone. The bones remain flexible to make the journey through the birth canal easier.
Love to All!!!
4 comments:
Yay! I think you're having a girl. I hope Garrett is feeling better, that can't be any fun.
How exciting-- only another week to wait in anticipation... We'll hope this baby isn't shy and you can tell right away!
Pray that Garrett is getting better every hour.
Hope the little "G-man" is feeling better! Can't wait to find out if he'll be having a brother or a sister!
Curly, dark haired baby girl. The heartburn should start soon to indicare all that hair. You KNOW my dream girl. :)
Thinking about you guys all of the time.
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