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Sophie Albert shares parenting updates, celebrates Vin Abrenica’s birthday

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Nikka Avegail Sabio

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<p>Celebrity couple Vin Abrenica and Sophie Albert shared with their fans and followers some updates regarding their children and Vin’s simple birthday celebration through a new vlog on their YouTube channel.</p><div> </div><p>Giving a glimpse of how life is now for the family of four, the couple first shared the first solid food experience of their younger daughter, Amara.</p><div> </div><p>“Hi fam! It’s been so long but I didn’t want this moment passed up before documenting it. Today, Amara is going to have her first time eating solids and I prepared avocados for her first time,” Sophie excitedly said.</p><div> </div><div><iframe width="670" height="377" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/REDGgF17AN8" title="Amara&#x27;s first solid food, swim, and celebrating Daddy Vin&#x27;s birthday | The Abrenicas" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div> </div><p>Sophie explained that Amara, who was turning six months old in a few days, had been showing signs of readiness. She opted to begin with pureed avocado mixed with breastmilk and plans to gradually introduce thicker textures and finger foods, just as she did with their eldest daughter, Avianna.</p><div> </div><p>“For me, this is just the most fun time of having a new baby, seeing them eat for the first time. It’s something I am really excited to do which is why I picked up the camera finally for the first time today because we are going to eat now,” she said, as she prepared the food. </p><div> </div><p>Sophie was then happy seeing Amara enjoying her first food and let her eldest, Avianna to feed her younger sister.</p><div> </div><p>“She likes it so much. Thank you, Ate, She loves it,” she said.</p><div> </div><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-42" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGht0uGRihG/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=630&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A42%2C%22os%22%3A110726812.60000001%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="963" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-42" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><strong> </strong></div><p>The vlog also featured snippets of Avianna enjoying her activities like gymnastics and swimming.</p><div> </div><p>On the following day, the family headed to La Union to celebrate Vin’s birthday, which followed a busy workday for him.</p><div> </div><p>“We are currently going to La Union. We’re out of town again and this time we’re in La Union. Yesterday, Vin had work here. Today, it’s Vin’s birthday He got home super late na so sinalubong niya na rin yung birthday niya sa work,” Sophie shared.</p><div> </div><p>She also admitted, “We chose to do another staycation at an Airbnb here in La Union. It’s really for us. It’s what we like. We enjoy Airbnb better than staying at resorts.”</p><div> </div><p>Vin was surprised with a cake and cupcakes by Sophie and close family friends, followed by a small beachside gathering.</p><div> </div><p>“This is the best birthday in my life. Look at these. You have this and the kids are there,” Vin said.</p><div> </div><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-44" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DKvcAAGzpdM/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=630&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A44%2C%22os%22%3A110770096.9%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1070" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-44" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><strong> </strong></div><p>“Look at that! Beach front! Grabe! Goodness! This is life! Best birthday for me!,” he added.</p><div> </div><p>Sophie opened up about a parenting challenge they’ve faced, managing screen time for Avianna. </p><div> </div><p>She candidly shared how they used the iPad occasionally as a “nanny” when they needed breaks or had to work. However, she noticed negative changes in their daughter&#x27;s behavior due to certain content on YouTube Kids.</p><div> </div><p>“I noticed it was making her act not herself. And I guess she’s also at the age where she’s already mimicking what she watches and it’s so funny because YouTube kids like they know how old your kids are so they’re showing like not so great shows on YouTube. There’s just so many things that they show there that aren;t really appropriate for kids and no matter how much we block, block, block and block, the same things still keep coming up,” Sophie shared.</p><div> </div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/5/31/vin-abrenica-and-family-return-to-vlogging-and-share-updates-1042" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>READ: Vin Abrenica and family return to vlogging and share updates</strong></a></div><div><strong> </strong></div><p>This prompted the couple to take a firmer stance, saying, “We decided to put an end to screen time. She gets to watch TV like 30 minutes a day.”</p><div> </div><p>“Honestly, it&#x27;s quite exhausting if I’m being honest, like, you have to be the sole entertainer (for her),” Sophie explained. “I just wanted to share the screen time thing because I know it’s not that really good for kids.”</p><div> </div><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D1298725144956326%26set%3Da.215213886640796%26type%3D3&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="250" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><strong> </strong></div><p>The couple has recently made a comeback on YouTube after months on hiatus. The couple explained that they took a break to focus on parenting their two daughters, Ava and Amara.</p><div> </div><p>“Hi, fam! It’s been a while. It has been maybe a lot of months since we uploaded our video here on YouTube. It got a bit overwhelming actually dealing with two new babies,” Sophie expressed. “Avianna being four, she needs more attention and adjusting to having a sibling and then recovering from giving birth, taking care of a newborn. It’s been a lot and also working while doing these.”</p><div> </div><p>Vin and Sophie thanked their fans for the unwavering support.</p><div> </div><p>“Thank you, guys, so much for the support, for the love and just accepting our family,” Sophie said.</p>

<p><b>Vin Abrenica and Sophie Albert share more family updates in their recent vlog.</b></p>