May 28

we watched indiana jones 4 last saturday at the howard hughes center. it was OK, nothing special. i guess you would like it if you were into killer ants, aliens and tarzan.

we have just over 3 weeks before we fly to the philippines. i’m looking forward to seeing my parents and cousins. i’m worried about the actual wedding day though, i hope matt takes the bottle that day. otherwise i will be breastfeeding while in my wedding gown lol :D

May 22

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matt is now four months. as usual, it only seems like yesterday when i was typing the post for month 3.

in the last month matt has started smiling regularly for his dad, giggled a few times, started wearing size 6 months clothes, stopped drinking formula and started grasping his bib and the belt on his swing. he also enjoys bath times a lot more now, with me soaking wet after each bath. he is also starting to get a bald patch on the back of his head, i think he might be shedding some of his hair.

as for me i am no longer so sleep deprived although i still feel like i am, shedding some of my hair too and still not losing weight :(

matt is relatively easier to put to sleep at night, although days are still a bit of a struggle. his regular bedtime is around 9pm and he wakes up anytime from 7-8.30am. he still wakes up a few times during the night to feed, but at least he doesn’t groan and grunt as much anymore. :)

May 6

my milk supply has been quite good since we came to LA so i actually stopped giving matt a bottle unless we were out or if we had to leave him at home with my MIL. however over the last couple of weeks we hadn’t really gone out so i think matt has forgotten how to drink from a bottle! i’ve also ran out of karicare gold and we started him on nestle’s good start but he seems to hate that formula with a passion. my MIL got him to drink EBM last week but i can’t really express that much so my EBM supply is limited.

i’ll get him to try enfamil lipil and see how that works. i prefer he drank EBM if he needs to drink from a bottle but i’m just not able to express as much. the most i’ve ever expressed was 80ml in total for both breasts and that was when i was really engorged.

although i’m really pleased with myself, having breastfed for 15 weeks and still going :)