Baby In The Womb video: 1 to 8 weeks

Within a week of conception, your fertilised egg, known as a blastocyst, will make its way to your uterus. The egg is about the size of a pen tip.In days, the cells in the egg arrange themselves into groupings. The inner cell mass will become your baby. The outer cells will become the amniotic sac and placenta.


The blastocyst then sheds its protective casing in a process called hatching, and burrows into the lush uterine wall.Around week 5, your developing baby is the size of a sesame seed. The cells that once formed the blastocyst's inner cell mass begin organising and arranging, giving shape to the young embryo and forming primitive organs.

Your baby's brain and spinal cord are visible through his translucent skin.Right around this time, your baby's circulatory system also forms and his heart begins to beat.Your baby looks more like a tiny tadpole than a human. He's drawing nutrients and oxygen through the newly formed placenta and umbilical cord.


By week 9, the embryonic tail is gone. Your baby's looking more human every day, with protruding limbs and fingers, a defined nose, mouth, and eyes, and tiny earlobes.Your new resident is about the size of a grape and weighs only 1g (a fraction of an ounce).


It's hard to believe how rapidly one cell evolves in such a short time into the unmistakable body of a baby.




video source:babycenter uk

How to deal with colic in babies.

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What is colic?

That all babies cry is a reality anywhere in the world. Generally, between three weeks and the three months of age is when they cry the most and, frequently, especially during the afternoons or nights.

The duration of a baby’s weeping depends on his/her temperament and the circumstances or cause of his/her cry ,but the experts call it " colic" when it lasts three or more hours a day, for three to four days a week, for a period of four or more weeks.

For the parents, colic can be a source of frustration and stress, especially because it is not clear, what the cause or cure might be (only the duration is known.

The best explanation apparently, is that the baby absorbs the experiences his/her new world and its day to day activities and arrives at a point in which his/her immature nervous system is overloaded. And due to the fact that the baby uses every nerve of his/her immature body during all this processes of assimilation, they tend to cry and feel pains, especially in the stomach, which is one part that works non-stop.

Luckily, as the baby grows and his/her nervous system matures, he/she will be able to develop more abilities to separate his/her mind from some things and be able to stay calm. However, until that moment, the family life can be difficult. What be done meanwhile?

How to calm a baby with colic

Here are some verified tactics that will help calm the baby:

- Movement: swing, rock, take your baby out for a walk, and make him/her dance in the arms of mother or papa. Apparently, the movement practically eliminates the restlessness. You can experiments with different types of movement, since all babies are different

- Sound: music (not heavy metal), songs, originating smooth noises of a fan or another mechanical device (vacuum cleaner) or white noise. can also help soothe babies.

- Touch: research has shown that carrying babies in a frontal knapsack or baby-carrier during the first hours of the day (when the baby is not crying), really will reduce to the duration of the night cry, but not to be done frequently.

Once the baby begins to cry, you can massage him/her smoothly at the back, caress his stomach exerting a slight pressure and wrap him/her in a blanket to help him stay calm.

What happens if it is not colic?

In many occasions, some components in the mother’s diet during the period of breast-feeding, might be altered or might change. It can help a lot if the mother diminishes her intake of caffeine or cabbages, spices or scented vegetables. See if these alleviate the problem. If the baby is bottle fed, you might change it, but don`t change his/her formula, without consulting the pediatrician. In addition, you should also be alert for any sign that the baby might be ill or has an injury; naturally, these also can make babies cry.

5 reasons babies cry

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Have you ever wondered why your little bundle of joy can't stop crying no matter how hard you try to console her.......I guess like I did before I found out this tips too.........you also tried singing to her and doing all that you used to hear on the TV and books you've read.
Sure ,crying is a baby's only way of communication-----but that doesn't mean you'll always know exactly what he or she is trying to say.,
Well ,not to worry ,I've got good news for you ,the reasons for those wails, whimpers and shrieks aren't farfetched.

• reason 1.......I'm hungry
This kind of cry is a short low-pitched cry that rises and falls rhythmically and has a pleading quality to it........and usually associated with lip smacking, finger sucking, and pity-eyes gaze at you, and if you are nursing, baby makes little grabs at your blouse.

• reason 2........I'm bored
This cry starts out as coos ,then turns into fussing.......when he or she isn’t getting the attention expected, then builds to burst of indignant crying, alternating with wimpers.This crying can only stop when the baby is picked up or given the desired attention.

• reason 3..........I'm uncomfortable or Exhausted
A whiny, nasal, continous cry that builds in intensity is usually baby's signal that he or she feels cold or hot, needs a diaper change, fresh clothes, or simply overtired.

• reason 4...........I'm in pain
This cry begins suddenly (usually as a response to a stimuli--for instance a jab of a needle) and is loud, panicked and long, leaving the baby breathless. It’s followed with a long pause, and then repeated, long high-pitched shrieks. Sometimes the solution (mostly for nursing babies) is to feed them.

• reason 5...........I'm sick
This cry is often weak and nasal sounding, with allow pitch. It’s also accompanied by other sign of illness and changes in the baby's behavior (for example, fever, refusal to eat, and/or diarrhea.
With this tips in mind you can be sure to decode every whimper your sweet bundle of joy makes............hope u feel elated now
Do leave your comments you have some extra tips that might benefit other mums and dads.