Update: Ian at 3.5 months

My newborn is not so 'newborn' anymore. He has reached a good weight of 7.69kgs on the weighing unit in the pediatrician's clinic today. Even the PD was happily surprised at his 1kg weight gain in a month's time that she even asked us what we had done to him. I guess it's all because he sleeps a lot. A baby who sleeps well tend to gain weight and grow faster than baby who doesn't because when they sleep that's when the body and brain cells work efficiently.

Ian is still a breastfed baby and take formula as supplement when I'm away or we are out when it is inconvenient for me to breastfeed him. I'm glad to say he is a natural at breastfeeding and there's totally no complaint about it. What I feel bad is that me and my husband went away for a week of holiday in Bali and when we got back home, my milk supply decreased. And it further decreased when I was sick for another two weeks. I've heard of relactation, to bring back the amount of milk supply, by latching the baby more often than usual or power pumping (religiously pumping once every 2-3 hours). Enough said, it is not easy when Ian is taken care of by the same nanny of Chloe and only comes home at night to latch on. Another option, I have tried to imagine myself becoming a stay at home mom but I guess the outcome is a no no. I need to go out to keep myself sane. So I guess I'll try my best to give as much and as long as I could so that I do not regret later on.

Ian currently takes 4 fl oz per 4-5 hours and he can sleep through the night. A lot of people misunderstood 'sleeping through the night' means the baby doesn't need feed at night. It actually means baby no longer mix up the day and night and that they wake up being alert during the day and sleep well during the night (but still waking up for milk). I'm glad to say Ian does this better than chloe. He's a very easy going baby i have to say (There is a saying that girl is moody so they cry a lot).

We'll be heading off to Perth (yay! back home) for 3 weeks until end of October. I am so giggly excited about this trip. I haven't gone home in 1.5 years and i guess i'll see a lot of changes to my beautiful Perth hometown. But one thing that really stress me out is the packing bit. I can only foresee packs of diapers and formulas for two babies! And i've already started to stock up and pack them into luggage bags now. Gah~we'll see...