Week 14

Week 14!! This week's big developments: Our baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck its thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, its facial muscles are getting a workout as it’s tiny features form one expression after another.

In other news: Our baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, it measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and it weighs 1 1/2 ounces. Its body's growing faster than its head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, its arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his/her body. (Its legs still have some lengthening to do.) Though I can't feel its tiny punches and kicks yet, my little baby’s hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.