Week 08
About the size ofa cherry
This week the skeleton starts to form. Your baby is now 2 cm.
Your baby is developing at a tremendous pace, and it will not be long before your little one is a tiny person with everything in place. A lot of work is going on: the heart is already beating about 60 times a minute, and the brain is starting to function too. Thanks to the working brain, the stomach will start producing digestive juices and the liver will start making blood cells. This week the skeleton also starts to form; until now the baby was really a soft little shape. Because your baby is developing so fast and so many important features are being formed, your baby is also very vulnerable. That is why it is so important, especially in these first weeks, to avoid harmful substances such as alcohol, cigarettes and medicines.