How's the Little Mango This Week? Forty Rhymes Till Baby Time

The fruits of labor—in a week-by-week preview of your baby’s growth How does your prenatal garden grow? From poppyseed to papaya, from mango to watermelon, these verses—some sweet, some silly—were inspired by the weekly updates on fetal size and development found on Web and iPhone tools. Make your way through imaginary rows of peas, cauliflowers, and cantaloupes as you envision each stage of baby’s increasing size and weight. If you find yourself calling the expectant mom in your family on a regular basis and asking, “How’s the little Mango doing today?” you’ll appreciate just how useful and delightful this scale of measures can be. For shower gifts, for grandparents, for older siblings, here’s a poem a week to enjoy as you eagerly anticipate the arrival of the real thing.