What does a baby look like at 8 weeks?

At 7 weeks the baby still looks like a little alien! He/she is weighs less than one gram and is about 1/3 of an inch long! He is about the size of a tic tac! This week your baby's brain is growing at 100 cells per minute within a see-through skull.

Your baby's face is becoming more defined this week. A tiny mouth hole (which will be ready to wail before you know it!), tongue, nostrils and ear indentations are visible. His or her eyes are wide open, but he doesn't have irises (the colored part) yet.

Baby's arm buds are growing. At this point they look more like microscopic ping-pong paddles than arms. Baby's leg buds are also forming and will look like tiny paddles by the end of the week.

The umbilical cord-the connection between your baby and the placenta-is now visible.