sugar baby

Feeling: Rested and relaxed from a nice 4 day long weekend.
Movement?: Still lots of kicks, more often now. Usually after I eat, or if I sit down. He's still pretty low - just waiting to get that first kick in the ribs.
Cravings: plums - I ate half a box in 3 days
Wishing for: a designer rocking chair at an affordable price. I've been looking for a nice comfy rocker for the nursery, but everything is either ugly or extremely expensive!
Movies: watched 'Last House on the Left' with Rob and Rita on their new TV.
Current Project: nesting is setting in, over the weekend I cleaned the entire house - everything!

At 22 weeks pregnant, your baby has finally broken the one-pound mark. How heavy is that? Hold a one-pound box of sugar in your hand the next time you're in the grocery store. Is the box eight inches long? That's about the length your baby is too!

This week, he or she develops the sense of touch. In fact, your little one's grip is quite developed by now — and since there's nothing else to grab in utero, he or she may sometimes hold on tight to that umbilical cord (don't worry — it's tough enough to handle it). The sense of sight is also getting more developed. Your fetus can now perceive light and dark much better than before (even with those fused eyelids).

The eyelashes and eyebrows are well formed now — and even more hair is sprouting atop that cute little head. You'd be quite surprised, though, if you could see your little one up close and in color. Hair at this stage of fetal development has no pigment, so it's bright white.