Almost Rolling Over

Baby turned 4 months last April 22. Last night, I left him on the bed to get a lampin from the closet and when I got back, the lower half of his body is on a prone position. After a while, he cried because he could not lift his head and upper body and fully roll over. But I can tell he is getting there. I think he'll be rolling over in a few days na - I hope hubby and I will be there to see it!

Ack, gotta brace ourselves for a more mobile bebe!

Doodle Diary of a New Mom

I also stumbled upon this article featuring Doodle Diary of a New Mom while breastfeeding P. So funny and relatable. All checks on this doodle:

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And this is what really happens to me. I thought yung daddy ang relegated to the sofa or the floor? Hmph.

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This new mom just started doodling her adventures and milestones with her little one and shared with her friends. When her baby turned one, she realized she has accumulated a lot of drawings, and her friends prodded her to find a publisher, and voila, a book!

Shucks, mapapagkakakitaan pala itong mommyhood na ito nyehehe. I wonder what I can do beyond Instagramming P's cute face?

What's Up Moms

When we direct latch, baby takes a looong time to nurse, thus my phone has become my loyal companion. We feed in our bedroom because it's cooler but there's no television there, hence, phone. I digress: I haven't watched any of my fave shows since giving birth. Boo hoo.

I usually read blogs and check Instagram, FaceBook and Twitter. I hardly watch videos so I can't remember now how I discovered What's Up Moms. It's a YouTube channel of three moms uploading videos about well, being moms. The videos aren't the usual home videos, they have scripts and stuff and the camera work looks professional. Their parodies have gone viral.

I've watched and re-watched their videos while feeding. I kinda envy them because (a) they look insanely attractive (2) they're SAHMS AND (3) they're earning from their videos because they also do ads but given a What's Up Moms slant (so I guess they're really WAHMs?). They're also really funny.

I sometimes wonder if I can do what they're doing. It's very Team Kramer. What do you think, baby P? ;)

Breastfeeding with One Boob

Two months after my incision and drainage surgery, I am still breastfeeding with one boob. See, my incision was made right on the areola. It's not a big wound and it healed quickly but when I tried to pump so I won't get engorged, the wound expanded that it no longer looks like an incision.

We showed it to the surgeon who said that I had to stop breastfeeding. As this was not an option, we just packed the wound with gauze and I still pumped. 

As the wound was not getting smaller, and using the pump aggravated it, I resorted to hand expressing. One time though while expressing in the office, milk suddenly spurted out of the wound through the gauze dressing like a geyser. We sought another surgeon, this time, a breast surgeon. I thought she was going to say that the wound needs to be stitched up. But no, she said that might cause another infection.