Late Sleeper

Lil Keona has been sleeping late at night because she sleeps in the afternoon. She is also very energetic and full of enthusiasm early in the evening, playing, singing, dancing and watching her favorite kiddie shows and VCDs.

She's also a big Mama's baby. She always want me to be with her all the time when I'm home. But I understand it because I'm away during the day for I'm at work. But I always suffer sleepiness during the day as a result of her being a late sleep as well. I hope, her sleeping routine will change soon. Have a great day friends!

Sleepy Worker

That's what I am. My little girl was still asleep when me and hubby reached home yesterday. When all of us were having our dinner, we just heard her shout in the room. She was awaken from her sleep and was afraid for being alone in a dim room.

I right away went to our room and hug her. She was not still satisfied with her sleep and yet went straight to me and wanted to be carried. Few minutes after, she was already in full spirit and slept very late. So I was late as well in sleeping which result to my dizziness at work.

Great Weekend

It's a lovely weekend and we just all sleep and rest to re-energize ourselves for the coming week. Keona, me and hubby feasted on mangosteen and lanzones that I bought yesterday.

Happy weekend everyone:).

Still dizzy

I don't have enough sleep and I still feel dizzy. Lil girl woke up at two o'clock in the morning and wanted to go to the living room to watch her fave songs. I protested but she cried out very loud. I had no choice but to give in or else, people around will wake up as well.

I know Lil girl is uncomfortable with her having stuffy nose and occasional cough. She still have them in spite of the medicines she's taking. So I just carry her in my arms, swing her so she was able to go back to sleep at four in the morning. Hope everything goes back to normal.

Fast Learner

Little Keona learns very fast. She can now count 1 to 10 and she recognizes already some of the letters in the Alphabet. She imitates what we say and do so we are very careful so she can imitate what is right and proper to say or do.

Effect of Early Spanking

Keona has been growing really fast. She is a fast learner. You teach her today, keep repeating it...and she'll never forget it anymore. She is also becoming very curious. She would want to touch anything that interests her.

There are times when hubby raises his voice because Keona sometimes doesn't follow a simple "No". And I reminded hubby that he should not spank our baby or raise his voice when disciplining our child. I remember in my child psychology subject way back in college that the most important thing is to let the child understand why he is being spanked. If she doesn't understand, she'll develop hatred towards people who spanked her.

In an article that i have read in a newspaper, a research shows that children who are spanked as 1-year olds are more likely to behave aggressively and perform worse on cognitive tests as toddlers than children who are spared the punishment. Though the negative effects of spanking were "modest", the study adds the growing body of literature that spanking is not good for chldren.


Age 1 is key time for establishing the quality of the parenting and the relationship between parent and child according to a research scientist. Spanking at age 1 reflects a negative dynamic and increase children's aggression at age two.