Well, Niki is at 16 weeks here, which means this baby is due in about 24. We are very close to the halfway point. At this point, the baby has developed to the point shown in the picture. The baby is the size of an avocado, but will double in size in the next three weeks! Wow!Anyway, Niki is doing very well. Her nausea seems to have eased up, and even though she is always happy to take an extra nap, she seems to have a little more energy. She insists that she does not have any food cravings, but only food aversions. This works out nicely for me, because Niki is much too sensible to wake me up in the middle of the night to tell me she does NOT want to eat olives, for example. On the other hand, on Saturday night at the Vandy game, Niki had a hot dog . . . dipped in nacho cheese sauce. She insisted that the nacho cheese helped meet her calcium quota for the day. Then today she put cream cheese on her turkey dog. Same excuse . . .
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Does the child have a sense of self-awareness through this process? My logic says no, because otherwise we would remember something about being in the womb after we are born, but maybe we just don't remember? Anyway, just curious . . .
I am sure that this child does. She is probably listining to all the inane conversation between me and my wife thinking "Wow! I'm going to be born to dorks!"
From what I understand, the child will bring a certain type of memory from the womb which will affect its behavior and reaction to various stimuli. For example, white noise and holding the baby close are said to be good ways to help calm a baby down, and these are said to replicate conditions in the womb . . .
CJS
Very interesting! Thanks CJS.
AB
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