Benigno Erasmo David

Benig hibernating during a January snowstorm.  

Benig has been on 2-3 dates with Ella, our friends’ beautiful baby girl born on the same day as Benig.  For each of those dates, however, Benig has been asleep.  This Sunday was the first time Benig was actually awake for one of his dates.  Since he and Ella are more mature now (i.e., shows [...]

Throughout his 6 months of life, Benig has been training to win the sleep Olympics.  I project on him, “Put me anywhere, Mommy, and I can go to sleep!” Week 33 in the NICU on Daddy’s Chest 1 week old, while on pumpkins At 4 weeks old, on the lunch table under a glaring puffin [...]

Benig has recently ventured into the world of solids, i.e., rice cereal flakes soaked in mother’s milk.  The first night, February 23, he mainly spit out each spoonful.  He seemed interested, but wasn’t sure what to do with solid food.  It ended with Benig in a crying fit as each spoonful seemed to only tease [...]

Benig has recently shown an interest in reading.  Or well, looking at very colorful books. And only sometimes.

Poor Benig doesn’t know that he’s about to be eaten by his zombie father who has built up his trust over the last 6 months.

Benig (and his parents) are lucky that his grandparents love him so much!  Lolo Rico and Lola Neneng alternate weeks helping us take care of Benig during the week so that he doesn’t have to attend daycare yet and be exposed to kids’ germs that could lead to illnesses that would be particularly trying for [...]

Lately, Benig’s sleepy time signs include having both arms up over his head while he is lying down. He’s sucking on the sleeve of one arm, either because he’s used to sucking on my pj’s when he is falling asleep on my chest or he simply cannot be bothered to bend his elbow to suck [...]

After feeding, Benig’s morning routine during family breakfast time includes sitting in the Bumbo, spit up, and playing with toys! Your browser does not support the video tag