Activity has increased greatly by this stage and your baby will be making fists, sucking its thumb, flexing and extending fingers, arms and legs is also common. The facial muscles are more developed and the baby can make - but not control facial expressions.
The bones in the ears are continuing to form and the baby is starting to hear its first sounds, fine eyebrows and eye lashes are also evident. Other senses continue their development and, the eyes although still closed, are sensitive to light, and the taste buds are forming on the tongue
A layer of fat (myelin) is forming over the over the nerves that link the muscles to the brain. Once these connections are completed, messages will pass to and from the brain allowing co-ordinated movement.
