Having fun at the mall

Keona loves malling, not to shop like her mom,LOL, but to have rides in the kids play area. Last weekend, we went to Gmall to buy groceries. While grannies were inside the grocery store, me and hubby with Keona were having fun riding anything that interests her.

she loves so much this toy car that we had a hard time getting her out when it was about to go home

Irritable...

Afte a long, restful Halloween holidays, it's time to be back to work. Keona wake up today with a bad mood. She is irritable. She cries, her head sweating a lot and she looks pale. I know there must be wrong with her. After drinking water, she vomited. So, we'll gonna bring her today to her pediatrician. Hope it's just a minor thing and everything will just be fine...

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.