Worried with Autism

I have a very lovely 5 month old baby, yes, as I've told you she sleeps through the night at one month old, she has a routine of sleeping and eating and eliminating. She plays with her toys but she would rather sleep. One time we went trick or treating at Parkwoods and we rode in a tricycle and she cried and cried and cried. We cannot console her she wouldn't stop. According to the folklore, baka "nabati" or "nausog".

I am worried because at 5 months she hardly smiles and laughs. Though, she knows her name and respond to you, she doesn't laugh as most babies do. Sabi nga nila " mahal ang ngiti ni Kaira". lalo na ang tawa... I cannot make her laugh, her caregiver can, my mother-in-law can but these are after several attempts.

I know it is still too early to know, but I am really worried.

Lola Kiara

My baby is a lola. She has a mind of her own, I remember that we cannot make her sleep unless she is sleepy.
You cannot make her do something that she doesn't like, she will definitely tell you in her cries, through her arms or eyes.
I read in a baby milestone that at six months the baby will learn to sleep through the night,
Kiara was sleeping through the night at week 4, we never had a problem with her waking up in the middle of the night. I wish I could make that excuse at work but she never did cost us any lack of sleep until now she is sleeping through the night compared to her cousin Miko who is 8 months old who wakes up at 3am and again at 5pm. Kiara sleeps between 7 to 8 and wakes up occasionally at night looking for my breast and then wakes up at 6am.

In a study on Asian babies, they sleep on the average of 9 hours and 45 minutes, Kiara's sleep is above average similar to the western babies. sleep is very important in a baby and the amount of sleep is related to a grumpy or happy baby during the day. Just like adults who lack sleep they wake up grumpy and irritated during the day.

I am so glad to have a baby like Kaira, she is an angel.

Sandy Concepcion's Pizza

I love pizza. Love it.Love it. I never get tired of it just like cream. Every time I discover a new pizza restaurant or new Italian restaurant I always ask Irwin to eat there. There is a rave for this new pizza, actually it is not new because I saw it in KC Concepcion's blog.

I just remember Irwin again telling me about this pizza. We were in San Juan last Sunday and we were actually looking for their address in Little Baguio but we were with Kiara we cannot stay long enough to look for it.

Anyway, Kiara's 4th month is next week so we might as well celebrate it with a pizza instead of the usual cake.

Or maybe I will still buy a cake for Kiara and pizza for us.
Teeheee... Nice.

My Favorite Kiara Pictures

This is my all time favorite look of Kiara, I don't know.. she really looks so happy and contented. A child is really a blessing and I thank the Lord everyday and for as long as I live for giving me my Kiara.

It's Kiara's Christening!

I created several invitations for Kiara's baptism but the storage was inaccessible. Nasira yung hard drive where we stored it. So eto na lang ang natira. Haay, Kiara's baptism was last Sunday, kasabay ng birthday ng MIL ko.

It was a blast I guess, several people went to the reception, more than 170 according to the caterer. Eh ang food lang is good for 150 so sobrang dami talaga ng guests. We had it dito lang sa bahay.Kaya yung mga neighbors isang pamilya kung magpunta compared if you had it elsewhere. Anyways, naubos ang food which is good kasi suwerte raw, we are happy marami ang dumating to celebrate with Kiara.
It was also the 60th birthday of Lola Precy, mommy ni Irwin at mabait kong biyenan


Kiara's gown was a hand me down from her cousins sa side ni Irwin. All of her clothes were mostly hand me downs. We didn't buy any clothes for her except siguro yung 3 pieces na onesies from SM.
In good condition pa naman yung mga baby clothes na galing sa cousin ni Irwin saka branded sila that's why they kept it, pinapa-laundry pa nila.

We ordered these two cakes from Kitchen Kraft located at Samat cor. Calbayog, Mandaluyong City. The two cakes cost 5,000, Kiara's cake with the cupcakes were 3K and the other cake is 2K.

They have what they call lollies, these are cookies with different designs, other loliies are white chocolate, each costs 40 pesos.
The cupcakes cost 39 pesos each. It was a chocolate cake, masarap naman, there is a two-inch styro at the bottom to make the cake look tall.

Hindi na nga nai-display yung cake sa dami ng bisita wala nang table for the cake, nung umuwi na ang mga ilang guest at nagkaroon ng space saka lang naidisplaly. We also sang a birthday song for my MIL.

Charice Pempengco - Celine Dion Duet : Because You Loved Me

I remember this song when I was still working in Bayantel in 1998 and I was the secretary of Mr. Mario Carlo Nepomuceno, the VP for Human Resources.
We had a Christmas Party at ABS-CBN with the executives like Gabby Lopez, Federico Garcia, Mr. Cruz and Charo Santos.
There was a contest where you have to sing a song in a videoke and the person who got the highest score will win a price.

This is the song that I sang. I was nervous and so I sang out of tune. I was not the winner. Nevertheless, I made it till the last note. This was my favorite because I also like Celine Dion and the movie of Michelle Piffer and Robert Redford.

And hearing Charice sing this song at ka-duet pa niya si Celine Dion, wow! She must be in heaven.

Kiara's Smile