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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.

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

matt turned three months today (LA time). the last three months has been such a blur.

in the last month matt has been smiling randomly, crying less, outgrew more clothes, took his first domestic and international flights, went to LA, slept on his crib, started pooping every other day instead of 6 times a day, squealed in delight, can lift his head for a couple of minutes during tummy time, saw a paediatrician for the first time, got his second set of immunisations and started “talking” to us.

as for me i am still sleep deprived, my back is starting to suffer from carrying matt (he’s almost 14 pounds already), watched a movie for the first time and have been eating regularly since getting here in LA.

it’s a bit difficult to measure matt’s stats cos we don’t have regular visits to the doctor, not to mention they don’t use kg and cm here. but i’m pretty sure he’s gained a lot of weight cos he’s really quite heavy now and he is quite chubby already. he looks a bit like the michelin man

i hope he starts giggling soon and will smile a bit more and become less grumpy lol

last night matt slept in his crib and i, well, didn’t get any sleep cos i was waiting for him to wake up so i could resettle him

i suppose he will need to get used to his crib, especially if we are going to teach him how to sleep using sleepy planet’s methods. apparently when he is 4 months old AND 14 pounds, he is ready for sleep learning. i am hoping he will do it on his own without us having to resort to this, but if not i think i am OK with letting him cry for a bit. he has to learn how to sleep somehow, and i need to get a full night’s sleep!

anyway matt is napping on me right now, i think i’ll let him stay this way so i can get some sleep myself. zzzzz

height - ??
weight - 6.18kg (grew by 1.32 grams since week

his weight is only an approximate, since we haven’t really been to a doctor yet. what i did was weighed myself on a scale first, and then weighed myself again while carrying matt. the 6.18kg (or 13.6lbs to be exact) was the difference between the two weigh-ins.

i think he has been feeding well, i haven’t been really giving him much formula since we got here in LA. only during those times when butch and i have gone out or if i’m not particularly feeling full while at home.

we’ve bought a crib for him… he only slept 1.5 hours in it last night, i was too tired to keep trying to settle him. hopefully tonight will be better. right now it’s been about 15 minutes since i last put him in it.. fingers crossed he will get a proper nap!