Holy cow!! We've reached 9 months!! 💙🐳🐘🐮 Our little man is still packing on the pounds – at the rate of about an ounce a day. He now weighs almost 6 pounds and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. He's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered his body, as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected his skin during his nine-month amniotic bath. After this week, he will almost be carried to term (known as near-term) - the rest is mostly just baby fat from here on out. His digestive system is the only major system in his body that is not fully developed yet - although he has had plenty of practice swallowing, he will not be fully digesting food until he starts eating on the outside.