Hi it’s Chanin, or Mommy! Since we found out that we were expecting, I have been keeping an “old school” diary here at home. You know, the kind you write in with a pen using your hand muscles. However, because James has set up this really cool website, I have decided to start becoming high-tech and “type” a weekly log of our baby’s development. Well here goes my first post…

Week 17

This week our baby will have a big growth spurt. In addition, our baby will also start to plump up a bit. This new fat will be a source of energy and important for our baby’s metabolism. It will also help our baby to produce and retain body heat and pad its spine. Our fetus now measures up to 6.8 inches and weighs nearly 5 ounces!

Our little girl or guy has been working on two basic reflexes for a few weeks now: sucking and swallowing. Our baby has even began smiling and reacting to light. By the time our baby is born, it’ll have nearly all the reflexes that we do.

Our baby’s lungs are beginning to exhale amniotic fluid, and the circulatory and urinary systems are working. Hair on head, eyebrows and eyelashes are filling in.

We finally cleared out one of our rooms which will now be known as the baby room! We had to get rid of a few pieces of old furniture, and we were lucky to be able to sell them locally. So the next step was to build the baby room furniture. We bought a crib, dresser, and changing table a little while ago but had some issues with the quality. Some had some missing pieces and scratches so we had to get them replaced (but still waiting on a couple things). Once built the quality seems great but we’re disappointed that every single thing we ordered had at least one thing wrong, but oh well.

I built everything I had parts for and it all looks really nice. Below is a quick picture of me building. Yeah, I know I could’ve combed my hair but it was the weekend and I didn’t feel like it. We’ll take some more pictures of the final product but just ran out of time to take them.

Now, we’re just waiting to find out if we’re having a boy or a girl so we can finalize our decoration plans. That’s when it’ll get fun!

Here are some links to the products we got:

Graco Sarah 4-in-1 Convertible Crib

Graco Sarah Dressing Table

Graco Christon Combo