{14 weeks}

Our little lemon...

Baby's now the size of a lemon!
Your adorable little fetus is busy with thumb sucking, toe wiggling, (not so cute but equally amazing) making urine, and breathing amniotic fluid as the liver, kidneys, and spleen continue to develop. Lanugo (thin, downy hair) is growing all over her body for warmth.

{say "no" to suncreen?}

You learn something new every day... I just read on The Bump that the American Academy of Pediatricians {AAP} recommends not using sunscreen on babies less than 6 months old. I would have thought the exact opposite- their skin is so tender and delicate so the more, the better, right? I've got so much to learn... :P


Here's a little explanation I found on www.parenting.ivilliage.com:

There are two very important reasons for not overusing sunscreen in young babies:

1. Infants and children have what is called a high body surface to volume ratio. What this means is that proportionately babies have more skin for the size body as compared to an adult. Sunscreens are made of chemicals. On the older child and adult, the chemical exposure is relatively minimal because the body surface ratio is smaller than a baby. Therefore, babies get a higher "dose" of sunscreen than do those older. While this exposure would most likely not cause any problems, the likelihood of an adverse reaction is greater.
   
2. Babies have a mildly impaired mechanism to keep cool by sweating. In addition, they have a greater risk of becoming dehydrated due to heat. Sunscreen can somewhat impair effective cooling by perspiration, so placing too much of it on an infant could be detrimental.

If you absolutely cannot avoid the sun during the first couple months, the AAP recommends using a non-chemical sunscreen, like California Baby SPF 30+. Good to know!

{crochet baby boots}

It's official- I need to learn how to crochet, STAT! Aren't these just the cutest little baby boots you've ever seen? If we end up having a little girl, I am definitely buying this pattern. Heck, I might just buy it anyway. I mean, who has time to crochet with a newborn? I need to get started now! I could make them more boyish... {I say as Evan rolls his eyes and says "Heck no, my boy isn't going to wear Uggs!"}

{click here for the crochet pattern, $3.99 on etsy}

{belly, belly, belly!}

As promised, here are several weeks worth of belly pics. Evan and I take them each Sunday, usually right before bed... which explains be why I look so exhausted in most of them!

I weighed myself yesterday, and I actually weigh a pound LESS than I did on December 18th, which goes to show that a lot of the "belly" you see in these pics has just been lovely first trimester bloating!

December 13th @ 10 1/2 Weeks...

December 20th @ 10 1/2 Weeks...

December 27th @ 11 1/2 Weeks...

How I feel @ 11 1/2 Weeks... HUGE!

January 3rd @ 12 1/2 Weeks...

January 10th @ 13 1/2 Weeks...

{this "belly" was gone the next morning, haha!}

{my sunshine}

Just ordered this precious "You Are My Sunshine" print from The Wheatfield on Etsy. I cannot wait to get it framed and up on the wall in our little munchkin's nursery. :o)


Shop owner, Katie Daisy, has several adorable prints in her shop. Here are a couple of my faves...

{all prints are $15 for an 8 1/2x11 or $22 for 13x19}

{13 weeks!}

Your fetus is forming teeth and vocal cords... savor this, their non-functional phase. Baby is approaching normal proportions, with a head now only one third the size of the body. Intestines are in the process of moving from the umbilical cord to baby's tummy. (Much more convenient.)

How far along? 13 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 6 lbs according to my chiropractor's scale

Maternity clothes? I need the Bella Band with some of my jeans.

Sleep: At least 3 potty breaks a night. Ugh.

Best moment this week: We started cleaning out what will become the nursery!

Movement: None yet.

Food cravings: Not really craving anything.

Gender: Not sure. Dr. Biter says boy, but the NT scan tech said girl. Hmm.

Labor Signs: Nope.

Belly Button in or out? Still in.

What I miss: The occasional Coca Cola.

What I am looking forward to: Hearing the baby's heartbeat at my doctor's appt on Monday.

Weekly Wisdom: Time flies...

Milestones: I'm finally in my second trimester. And the baby's ears are developed enough to hear us. Yay!

{mother hoot and baby owl}

These handcrafted, ecofriendly Mother Hoot and Baby Owl shelves and peck racks from Maple Shade Kids are too stinkin' cute. Baby NEEDS one of these for his/her nursery, don't you think? :o)

{orange, blue, & red owl friends peg rack, $79}

{hoot the owl shelf, $59}

{mother hoot and baby owl peg board, $69}

{Yesss, I'm using his/her now... The ultrasound tech at our NT Scan said she thinks Baby Sanchez is a girl, so now we're back to ground zero. Arg!}

{nt scan ultrasound pics}

Evan & I went in for our little baby's NT Screening this morning, which is an in-depth ultrasound to check for Down Syndrome, congenital heart defects, etc. Good news- looks like Baby Sanchez is measuring a day ahead of schedule, size-wise, and all of his other measurements indicate little chance of genetic abnormalities. Yay!

{hi little baby!}

{baby's footprint}

{baby's head- bottom right, & torso- top left, with arms down by his/her belly}

want {this precious birth poster}

Someone remind me to leave room on the nursery wall for this ADORABLE birth poster from Chaiv's Etsy shop. I can't get over how cute it is!

{custom baby birth poster, $40}

{199 days!}

As of today, I've officially left the 200s and entered the hundreds! 199 days left until Baby Sanchez should, hopefully, arrive. Yay! What an exciting milestone. :o)

Here's the message I was greeted with when I logged into thebump.com today...


And the cute little animation on my blog...


Ahhh, *only* 199 days left. Haha. Tick, tock, tick, tock...