29 weeks

How Far Along? 29 weeks and 4 days.

Baby This Week?  Malcolm is about 15.25 inches and around 2.5 pounds.  He is hitting a growth spurt and his bones are beginning to harden up more. His movements may begin to decrease a bit since his space is becoming more and more cramped...though I felt like he's just moving my organs aside so he can still move.  Lol

Symptoms This Week?  I'm super happy to report that nausea is still very minimal. I'm still getting a bit yucky but have been able to get by on a Zofran here or there. No more patch.  No more Phenergan. The biggest symptom that popped up this week is fatigue. Omg, I get sooooo tired by about 2. I wake up with gusto. I plan a bunch of things to get done for the day and then 2 pm hits and I hit a wall. The only thing I have the energy for by that point is Mason.  But I also have been sleeping soooo horribly so that doesn't help.

Cravings / Aversions? Cravings have picked up a lot this week while aversions have dropped. I actually ate steak this week. And I'm craving dairy items. String cheese, yogurt, chocolate milk...but I also read that I need to make sure to keep my calcium intake up as baby's bones are hardening so I'm not sure if the cravings are related to that or not.

Goals for This Week? Just hoping to continue to nest here and there. I probably won't get anything bug done this week but I've been working on little things.

Mason? Mason has really taken to his assisted walking this week. As in he's really starting to enjoy it. He laughs a lot when he's using his walker thingy and is getting faster and more efficient. He's also making a ton of new sounds!  The most recent one is "ya ya ya ya." Lol. It's fun to watch him learning new things every day.

This isn't really part of the update but I'm thinking about it so I'm going to just put it here.  I've been getting nervous about Mason adjusting to a little brother. I know it will be fine and he will ultimately love having a sibling. But Mason is at an age where we can't prepare him because we can't explain the changes. All if the sudden, there will be a little person here who has mommy and daddy's attention.  I don't want him to feel replaced or that he is any less important to us. I know this is a common fear with an age gap this close fir parents and ultimately everyone gets through the adjustment phase.  Some advice I've recieved is to just accept the help from the grandparents when they offer. They can give a little extra attention to Masers while we get to know Malcolm. Or they can hold Malcolm while we spend a little quality time with Mase.  So I'm taking thar advice to heart and will be fully using the grandparents.