Your wee baby is now comparable in size to a plum!
Go ahead... we'll wait while you run to the kitchen and hold one in
your hand to marvel at the life form unfolding inside of you.
Your baby's favorite game right now is exploring their face and especially their mouth.
Not only does this game improve your child's newly acquired voluntary
muscle coordination of their limbs, but it also starts hard-wiring
their hand nerves for newly gained sensations as they're now able to
experience in their hands, because their palms can now "feel"!
Extensive facial exploration also primes their facial nerves by
setting the stage for a lifetime of subtle sensations from kissing to
spitting!
Final interesting fetal developments for the week: their newly
acquired swallow reflex, and the beginnings of a sense of smell, which
when combined with their maturing taste buds, will provide your baby
with their first experiences of taste and smell in the womb.
Yeah, we're also curious what wombs smell like. We'd like to think
warm and homey, which just might be the smell of freshly baked cookies.
