22 Weeks

Here's what's happening with Baby Nowacki:

At almost a full pound, your baby is looking more like a miniature newborn more each week, although the main difference is that your little one is still gaining weight since it is still quite thin.

During this rapid weight gain, the skin is still quite wrinkled but is protected by fine hair called languo to help protect him within utero.

Inside your little one, the pancreas is developing steadily which is essential for the production of some important hormones during their lifetime.

The liver has started producing the various enzymes that are necessary to break down bilirubin, which is the result of red blood cells breaking down inside your baby. The fetal red blood cells have a shorter life span, so there is more production of bilirubin in your baby as compared to yourself. A too slow reduction of bilirubin is what may cause newborn jaundice for some babies in about 38 weeks.

The irises of your little one's eyes are still lacking pigment, but you are sure to see those baby blues, or greens or big browns in no time at all.

Did you know that almost all white babies are born with blue eyes. The final color will develop sometime between 9 months old and 3 years. African and Asian babies, on the other hand, are often born with brown-grey eyes, the become darker during the first year.

Lips, eyelids and eyebrows are more distinct at this phase of development as well.