HOW OUR BABY IS GROWING

TEN GROWTH MILESTONES AT TWENTY-ONE TO TWENTY-FIVE WEEKS:

1. By the end of this month baby weighs around 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 pounds.
2. Baby is around a foot long.
3. Increasing fat deposits beneath the skin cause him to take on a more plump, though still wrinkly, appearance.
4. Fingernails and eyelashes develop.
5. Scalp hair increases.
6. He now has a more recognizable baby face.
7. The vernix caseosa now covers the skin completely, like a layer of thin, whitish paste.
8. By 24th weeks, baby's nostrils open.
9. His lungs begin to develop air sacs, called alveoli, though not enough of them to sustain breathing outside the womb.
10. Baby still needs the nourishment of his mother's womb! If he were born now his breathing would have to be assisted.