Mango to a cantaloupe??

CTbride79 · November 2011

Ok, so I just saw that the next size ticker food for 20 weeks is a cantaloupe...is it just me or does that not only seem like a big jump, but a cantaloupe sounds huge (and heavy) lol! I know the baby will start a weight/growth spurt about now but seeing that just kinda shocked me.

TeamHayes · November 2011

There is one mama on April that is a cantaloupe today ( the one whose dr told her girl than boy I think) and I was thinking that is huge. Weird since the next week is a banana and that seems smaller that a mango.

CTbride79 · November 2011

Yes, Courtney (we were actually on the October 2010 knot board together) :-) I agree it's weird to go from a cantaloupe to a banana...a cantaloupe definitely seems bigger? Maybe because a banana is longer??

TeamHayes · November 2011

Probably the length but a cantaloupe seems huge, its like a mini watermelon

Courtney321 · November 2011

TeamHayes:
There is one mama on April that is a cantaloupe today ( the one whose dr told her girl than boy I think) and I was thinking that is huge. Weird since the next week is a banana and that seems smaller that a mango.

yeah

that was me!! I know what you mean about the cantaloupe seeming huge. I looked at some mangoes in the store this week and then at some cantaloupes...it's a huge jump. Maybe they mean large mango to small cantaloupe? Either way, I can't believe how big our babies are getting!! I remember being sooo excited about a sweet pea and a raspberry

now they are huge!
eta: I kept spelling cantaloupe wrong!

shortgrass03 · November 2011

Oh, man! I'm like, 4 days from a cantaloupe! I remember when it was a poppyseed and I felt strange eating a poppyseed muffin that week. I'm loving cantaloupe right now, too!

TeamHayes · November 2011

I know what you mean, I feel like in was a tiny blueberry yesterday and I am still an orange.

TjIzzy2009 · November 2011

Well if you look at all the ticker fruits we actually turn cantaloupe twice. And the 20 week cantaloupe says it only weighs about 10 oz. I have never seen a 10 oz cantaloupe... I think its more based on the length. Otherwise it makes no sense to me.

TKx2 · November 2011

TjIzzy2009:
Well if you look at all the ticker fruits we actually turn cantaloupe twice. And the 20 week cantaloupe says it only weighs about 10 oz. I have never seen a 10 oz cantaloupe... I think its more based on the length. Otherwise it makes no sense to me.

Yup, the fruits are based on length, not weight or the size around.

Patella1129 · November 2011

It is based on length. That's why they jump from cantaloupe to banana. (Which just seems weird!)

shouldbworkin · November 2011

It must be a really small cantelope b/c if you look later on I think the fruit before watermellon (40 weeks) is a honeydew. I don't know about you, but I consider them to be about the same size. A lot of time they also mean length vs. size or weight.

Marie509 · November 2011

Patella1129:
It is based on length. That's why they jump from cantaloupe to banana. (Which just seems weird!)

I read somewhere that after 20wks the doctors measure from head to foot instead of head to rump. So, that may be the reason for the big jump in length.

countdowntolockdown · November 2011

I think the fruit conversions on The Bump are a bit screwy at this point. I swear a sweet potato is bigger than a mango. Whatever.

I'm also using BabyCenter.com's conversion which has a fruit or veggie for each week up to 40, not just a range like The Bump.

mrskitch · November 2011

Marie509:

Patella1129:
It is based on length. That's why they jump from cantaloupe to banana. (Which just seems weird!)

I read somewhere that after 20wks the doctors measure from head to foot instead of head to rump. So, that may be the reason for the big jump in length.

If you go to the "how big is baby" link on the main page it explains the big jump at the very bottom of the list.

laurack · November 2011

well the thing is with any fruit or vegetable there can be a huge variation. Some apples are twice the size of others. Some bananas are little, some large etc.

They usually give the inches and ounces too which i take into consideration.

now I have a sweet potato in me so I looked at some in my fridge last night and one was large and another was much smaller..... haha

CTbride79 · November 2011

Thanks for clarifying about the length! It is totally confusing...I wish the ticker would say 'baby is now the LENGTH of such and such' instead of 'the size of' because I think of size as all encompassing of the object. I too get updates from baby center so it's interesting to see how they differ from TB...this week I'm an heirloom tomato as opposed to a mango. Oh, and I think of mangos and sweet potatoes as about the same size!

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