Check out snapshots, trivia and firsthand parenting advice from Smart Parenting magazine’s cover shoot with multi-talented mom Christine Bersola-Babao.
Christine Bersola-Babao arrives at Gymboree, PowerPlant Mall, all made up and all smiles with her adorable baby boy
Antonio and some assistants. There’s an energetic vibe in the air with her outgoing personality and engaging demeanor.
Antonio is the epitome of a happy, healthy baby as he constantly breaks into smile and gamely interacts with everyone at the shoot. As we wait for the photographers Stan Ong and Sofia Genato to set up the equipment, I traipse into the makeshift holding area where I get to chat with his yaya. I learn that his favorite baby food is made up of either spinach, carrots or squash.
The shoot begins and everybody’s in a flurry of action but in a relaxed mood. Tintin’s assistants are actively making Antonio smile with a variety of bright toys and noisemakers. They have a song that they keep singing to make Antonio laugh.
“Tayo’y yumuko! Tayo’y tumayo!”
In between layouts, Tintin shows everybody a beaded bracelet and a prayer card for devotees to
Saint Pio Pietrelcina Capuchin, whom she devoted a novena to so that she could conceive another baby after her firstborn, Antonia.
Here are some memorable quotable quotes and trivia from Tintin during the shoot:
- “A mirror is a mom’s best friend” while checking out her makeup in between takes.
- “Laway alert!” every time baby Antonio would drool. That’s why he had so many bibs.
- The Babaos are fond of creating family traditions. For instance, every December, Tintin together with her husband Julius Babao and their kids go to Disneyland Hong Kong and have a photo taken with Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. It’s their way of celebrating the changes brought by the year, in contrast to the non-aging Disney characters. Every Earth Day, they also plant a tree to help save the environment.
- Read on for firsthand parenting advice from Tintin Bersola-Babao.
Want to get firsthand parenting advice from Tintin? Here’s what she had to share:
1. Top 3 tips for parents having a second baby:
a. Re-use and recycle stuff that your first baby wore or used.
b. Relax… It is no longer as scary as the first time (fear of the unknown).
c. This is the tie and chance to correct the parental mistakes you made with the first child.
2. Favorite bonding time activity with the kids:
a. Baking
b. Doing homework
c. Reading
d. Malling
3. Things you never leave the house without:
a. Cellphone (4 of them)
b. Lipstick
c. Wallet
- 4. The best thing about being a mom is…The journey through pregnancy. Giving birth. Breastfeeding. Also, the waking (and sleeping) moments of smelling your baby’s head, little hands, little feet… Those countless, precious, priceless moments of laughing together, crying together, growing old together.
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| Tintin bids everyone goodbye and Antonio dons his Hatta Hatta dinosaur hat! |
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| Here's an up close shot of Antonio, still woozy after his short nap. |
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| Antonio, wearing such a humongous SpongeBob Squarepants bib! |
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| Tintin shared with us how she became a devotee of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina Capuchin to have another baby after Antonia. |
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| Tintin recommends this product to keeping those pesky bugs away. |
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| Antonio's diaper bag also includes this cute little bag for toiletries and other baby essentials. |
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| Here's a closer look at Antonio's toiletry bag. It comes with a mosquito repellant with DEET. |
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| Antonio's adorable rattle. |
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The SP staff and photographers are busy setting up the area Gymboree for the shoot.
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| Antonio's so cute! He's such a happy and energetic baby. |
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| Here's Antonio's diaper bag; a cute Robby the Rabbit backpack. |
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| Antonio's yaya is always prepared; they have several changes of outfits so he's fresh all day. |
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| This is Antonio's favorite dinosaur Hatta Hatta hat! | | |
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| Diapers, check. Loads of them are always on hand for Antonio. | |
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| Here's Tintin's nursing pillow from Milk Sense. | | | |
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