27 weeks

Here's some wall letters that I made for Jaxson this week

We only have 2 weeks left of summer and I'm quickly getting the blues! I'm trying not to think about it too much in hopes that it will just disappear :) The only good thing about starting back to work is knowing I will only have 8 weeks or less and will be off again for 3 months!

I'm still feeling great although I'm beginning to tire more easily and I'm not moving around as easily as I use to. Picking up Brody or bending over to pick up toys is becoming more challenging, cannot imagine what it will be like in 6-8 more weeks!

Brody loves to give his brother some love

27 week belly shot
Jaxson's 27 week development:
Most babies this age, yours included, still like to snuggle in a slightly curled position inside the uterus (thus the term "fetal position"). Even so, beginning at this stage, your baby's length will be measured from top of head to toe — which makes your baby nearly a full 15 inches now. And at just over two pounds, he or she has doubled in weight from four weeks ago. Your baby's auditory development (hearing) is progressing as the network of nerves to the ears matures. And even though the sounds your baby hears are muffled (thanks to the creamy coating of vernix covering those ears), he or she may recognize both yours and your partner's voices. So this might be a good time to read and even sing to your baby (or rather, your belly) — and a good chance to start boning up on those nursery rhymes and lullabies you'll need to be repeating (and repeating) pretty soon. And while you're at it, here's another way to have some family fun at 27 weeks pregnant: If your partner presses his ear to your belly, he might be able to hear the baby's heartbeat.
Your baby's taste buds are very developed now too (with more taste buds than he will ever have outside the womb, actually). Need a taste test? If you eat some spicy foodyour baby will be able to taste the difference in the amniotic fluid (but keep in mind that you'll have different mealtimes, with your baby's coming about two hours after yours). Some babies will even respond to that spicy kick by hiccupping. And although hiccups may seem like they're disturbing to your baby, he or she isn't stressed at all. It's just one more sensation that babies need to get used to.