Your Baby: Week 14

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Your baby is 14 weeks old - Learn more! Forward to a Friend   |   Invite your spouse or significant other hi Kaka, your baby is 14 weeks old! Baby loves cuddles and snuggles -- skin-to-skin action helps her feel comforted and relaxed. She's becoming increasingly sensitive to texture, and will enjoy all sorts of different toys -- soft, hard, fuzzy, rubbery, and anything else you can find. Playing with different sorts of objects also gives her practice using her hands. Now that she's learning to put them together and grab for objects, it's especially important to keep anything that she could break or choke on out of her reach. MORE FROM THE BUMP Easy hairstyles Info for dads? Breastfeeding and the baby blues? See all 0-6 months Q&As your baby Switching sides Tummy time helps baby develop motor skills like crawling, reaching, and rolling over while strengthening the muscles in her neck, back, arms, and shoulders. Getting baby off her back also helps her skull set properly. If she fusses, try tiny increments of a few minutes each throughout the day rather than one longer stretch. It also might help to get down on the ground with her -- entertain her with toys, or try lying on your back and putting her face down on top of your tummy. When bedtime rolls around, though, it's back on the back for baby (SIDS is still a risk for babies who sleep on their tummy). More about baby this week to-do [ ] Stay calm [ ] Keep baby covered [ ] Connect with moms in your area [ tip ] Lay baby on a soft, warm surface, whip out some baby oil or lotion (nothing with a strong scent that may irritate baby's skin), warm it up in your hands, and help baby de-stress with a little massage from mommy. Bath supplies for baby? wrong week? Click here to update your baby's birth date. Charging a friend for child care?" -- Doozieanne Share tips and get support on our message boards The Bump Home | Trying to Conceive | 1st Trimester | 2nd Trimester | 3rd Trimester | 0-6 Months | 6+ Months Community | Local Resources Visit our sibling sites: The Knot | The Nest The Bump is committed to protecting your privacy. You have received this email because you requested to receive email updates from The Bump. To unsubscribe from all emails from The Bump, click here, or to update your email preferences, visit our Email Preference Center. © 2013 The Bump. All Rights Reserved 195 Broadway, 25th Floor, NY, NY 10007