17 weeks

I'm boycotting baby stores! With my recent psycho efforts to compare prices between all of the stores in a 30 mile radius that sell baby items, I have determined that online is the way to go. I'm loving amazon.com, and I've started to research which items we want on there!

Just as an example.... take a jumbo pack of 252-264 diapers that are size 1.

Babies R Us.................  $41.99

Target........................... $44.99

The price I paid online....$11.49

Yeah... what the heck! So if you become a member on Amazon.com in the baby section (which is free to do), you automatically get 30% off of diapers and wipes, and free 1-2 day shipping! In addition to that discount, you can stack multiple coupons on top of that. The coupons are easy to find and are in magazines that have free/cheap subscriptions or are accessible online. I'm not really sure what the catch is, but I'm going to try to order what I can now before these deals come to an end.   



We put the stroller together and love it! Thanks again, Dave & Cindy!  

Miley thinks that this is her new toy.

  

My belly is growing, and I've been insanely hungry the past week or 2. Fortunately I've been in the mood to eat a ton of fruit. I've even eaten a few FOOTLONG subs! The little guy is hungry at 17 wks!

 

Development for the Next 2 Weeks:

• The brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, vision, touch, and hearing. He may be startled by loud noises, i.e. dogs barking. He supposedly will be used to the dogs barking and less likely to be startled after birth!
• Alveoli, tiny air sacks, are forming in the lungs. Vocal chords are formed. He goes through the motions of crying, but without air, no sound is made.
• Sweat glands are forming.
• His arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of his body now.
• Hair on the scalp is sprouting.
• A waxy protective coating called the vernix caseosa is forming on the skin to prevent it from pickling in the amniotic fluid.
• The sketon is transforming from cartilage to bone.
• Meconium (composed of products of cell loss, digestive secretion and swallowed amniotic fluid), is accumulating in the bowel. This black gooey substance will become the first bowel movement- how exciting.....  

              

We also found out that our first screen results are negative! The liklihood of Down's/neural tube defects is apparently low, so that is good news!