I love my first son, Gab. He is five months old and is growing up fast. I spend a lot of time talking to him. I take time to play with him when he is awake. I endure the sleepless nights rocking him to sleep. I keep on singing a tune to calm him down.
Category: Parenting
Printable Checklist When Travelling with the Baby
If you plan to travel with your baby, here is a simple checklist that you can download and print. Quennie and I have a similiar checklist for the baby when we brought Gab in his first travel to Boracay. This will be a handy checklist to be sure you are travel-ready with your baby.
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Daddy Asks: What is “Puwera Usog”?
Puwera Usog is a term that is new to me as a new daddy. This is not a common term for Ilonggos growing up in Bacolod. I don’t remember this being practiced there. What in the world is “Usog”?
Teaching Baby Gab to Pray
I can still remember the time when my mother taught me my first prayer. She called me and my sister one evening before we went to sleep. She asked us to recite after her a simple prayer and told us to keep doing this every night. That simple prayer of just about 5 sentences eventually evolve to a longer one today. But the way I start and end the prayer is still the same.
Water Walking Balls are Not Safe
These water balls are getting popular. One of my question when I first saw it is – how do you get constant source of fresh air to breathe inside. Well, there’s no fresh air at all.
Happiest Baby on the Block DVD Review
During Gab’s second week at home, we were quite worried about Gab crying too often. At first he was ok and every calm, but suddenly, he had burst of strong cries despite being fed. And these were usually at night when we are tired and would love to get a goodnight rest. Unfortunately, Gab wakes us up with his cry almost every hour. It is a sign of colic. We got worried and went to our pedia at St. Luke’s BGC for a check up.
Dad Catches Gab Sucking His Thumb
At first, I would see Gab try to insert his whole fist into his mouth. He does this when we play especially when I lay him on his side and give him a back massage. He loves it when I rub is back and would squeal in delight. Lately, he starts to discover how fun it is to suck his thumb.