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Twenty Weeks – The 411
How your baby’s growing My baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. She’s also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel — about the size of a banana. (For the...
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Twenty One Weeks ! – The 411
How My Baby’s Growing The baby now weighs about three-quarters of a pound and is approximately 10 1/2 inches long — about the size of a carrot. I may soon feel like she’s practicing martial arts as...
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Delayed Bathing After Birth – The 411
It is now standard protocol at many hospitals to wait 8-24 hours to give a baby his or her first bath, and up to 48 hours if the baby was delivered by c-section. Delayed newborn bathing is consistent...
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Poppy Seed Chicken Pasta Salad – Recipe
Ingredients: 2 cups fusilli (spiral) pasta 1 1/2 cups cubed cooked free range, organic chicken 6 tablespoons chopped sweet Mayan onion 1/4 cup dried cranberries 1/4 cup chopped celery 1/4 cup...
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Late Anatomy Scan – The 411
Yesterday, we had a late anatomy scan at Lenox Hill Hospital- Black Hall. The scan went really well. My little one is very stubborn ! This time, they could not see her heart nor her measure her head...
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Twenty Two Weeks & Counting ! – The 411
How my baby’s growing At 11 inches and almost 1 pound (about the size of a spaghetti squash), your baby is starting to look like a miniature newborn. Her lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more...
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Twenty Three Weeks ! – The 411
How my baby’s growing Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With her sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that she’s more than 11 inches long and weighs...
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First Kick ! -The 411
While lying down watching TV and trying to fall asleep last night, I felt a recognizable kick ! I thought to myself, no way that’s a kick, but it’s not gas or a flutter. I tapped my tummy on the...
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Twenty Four Weeks !! – The 411
How my baby’s growing Your baby is growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts her at about 1 1/3 pounds. Since she’s almost a foot long (about the length of an ear of...
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Can Someone Tell My Baby…..
That starting a kick fest at 12 midnight and wrapping up around 4 am is not the business !! NOW that I can actually fall asleep without an act of God, my dear baby has changed her movement patterns...
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Coming Home Outfit -Burberry
My baby’s coming home outfit arrived in the mail today ! I’m so excited. Now I only have to get a pair of crib shoes to go with it.
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Twenty Five Weeks – The 411
How my baby’s growing Head to heels, my baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight – 1 1/2 pounds – isn’t much more than an average rutabaga, but she’s beginning to exchange her long, lean look...
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26 Week OB Appointment and Scan – The 411
Yesterday, I had my 26 week OB appointment with Dr. Karamitsos. I have gained 4 pounds this pregnancy and the baby is doing incredible. She is very active and her heartbeat is strong, 165 bpm....
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Twenty Six Weeks !! – The 411
How my baby’s growing The network of nerves in your baby’s ears is better developed and more sensitive than before. She may now be able to hear both your voice as you chat with others. She’s inhaling...
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Custom Baked Cookie Gift Boxes Have Arrived ! – The 411
I had the idea of having my favorite custom cookie company to make gift boxes for the six persons whom I have long since decided would be my children’s Godfather or Godmother. I had Banana Bakery of...
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Oh Mama – Nursing Tea
UPDATE: This tea is the bomb ! Tastes like a cup of Lipton tea #delish Per my doula, I am to start drinking nursing tea to help develop my milk ducts and to enhance the quality of my milk. I...
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OMG ! Twenty Seven Weeks ! – The 411
How my baby’s growing This week, your baby weighs almost 2 pounds (about the size of a head of cauliflower) and is about 14 1/2 inches long with her legs extended. She’s sleeping and waking at regular...
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Twenty Eight Weeks ! – The 411
How my baby’s growing By this week, the baby weighs 2 1/4 pounds (about the size of a large eggplant) and measures 14.8 inches from the top of her head to her heels. She can blink her eyes, which now...
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Twenty Nine Weeks ! – The 411
How my baby’s growing The baby now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds (about the size of a butternut squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. Her muscles and lungs are continuing to mature,...
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30 Week Scan – The 411
Today, I had an OB appointment as well as a 30 week scan. I met with Dr. Karamitsos and he listened to the baby’s heartbeat, which was at a rate of 145. He measured my tummy and its 34 cm. We...
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