Week 33

Here we are at 8 months. I had some cramping last night that actually woke me up at 2am. Plus I was up all night long...same as the night before. I was up like every 2 hours. This restless sleep is not cool when you have work the next day.

On top of this I now have a cold. Ugg. I hope it passes soon. I'm going home early to see if I can at least try and get some rest.





Baby’s senses are continuing to improve -- when light peeks in through your (extremely) stretched belly, those tiny eyelids and irises blink and dilate. And, baby can now recognize and react to simple songs… time to start practicing your lullabies! Growth (at least inside your womb) is starting to slow, and you may notice baby descend into your pelvis at the end of this month.
- The Bump

This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (the weight of 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.
- Baby Center