Dear Miki,
Ever since you were in my tummy you have always been a skinny baby. It started when you were about an 8 months fetus and the Doctor discover that your abdominal circumference is slightly behind your gestational age or in other words your abdomen didn’t seem to grow as rapidly and healthily as the rest of you. This caused quite an angst to me because I was ballooning up beautifully into Humpty Dumpty and there you were not getting enough to be chubby. By the time we reach the big old 9 months your abdominal circumference is had fallen two weeks behind and your birth was induced about a week earlier than the estimated time of delivery.
On 17 January 2008, you were born at the pink of health, weighing 2.65kg and 50cm at length. You were indeed very skinny. The outline of the bones on your skull were visible and that almost freaked your Daddy out. I did not notice all that however, all that was going inside my mind was THANK GOD FOR EPIDURAL how precious that tiny little baby with the most beautiful eyes staring back into mine.
We fell in love with you right then and for forever the love would never end.
Miki,
Back home several of my family members commented on the teeny weeny difficulties they were having while trying to give you a bath because you were slim and long; which they refer to your total body height by the way, what were you thinking? However at your one month check-up, to my surprise you have grown to 4.2kg; still a lanky baby but I was pleased that you are no longer tiny.
From then on your weight just keep on increasing beautifully until you were 5 months. You only gained 300grammes for the past 4 weeks! I thought it was because of the cold that you had for a couple of days and you would catch up as soon as possible. But to my horror at 6 months you only increase 200grammes in total! The moment I saw the numbers on the scale at the paed’s; I was seeing stars twinkling around my head before I collapsed. The doctor said I lack sugar and must eat more; I was like hello?! Not me but its the baby?!!
On your 7 months birthday, we had you weight scaled again. Your Daddy had warned me to relax, your weight is not important as long as you are active and healthy; and if I do the collapsing stunt again he would ask the paed to give TWO pneumococcal shots, one for you and one for me! On my tushy! Gasp!
So I took a deep breath and placed you on the scale and to my horror your weight HAD GONE DOWN AGAIN TO 6.8kg! I tried very hard not to drop onto the floor and I succeeded but many minutes later only I realized that my eyes was very wide with terror and my jaw had dropped down to my boobs. If it wasn’t for the couple of flies trying to get in, I would still be ternganga in disbelief till you Daddy decided to leave me at the mental ward.
HOW COULD YOUR WEIGHT BE DECREASING, MIKI?
This is a very serious issue to me, young man! You see this graph that I plot here? Just see how the last blue bar is shorter than the one before? Do you understand how much it inflicted anxiety inside my heart? Now don’t you get all impressed; you haven’t seen the 30 minutes flash movie presentation that I have prepared to explain to your paed that –MY BABY’S GOT A PROBLEM, DOCTOR, HELP MEEEEEEE!
You do not have a problem. That’s what the not one but two paediatricians told me. That’s also what your Daddy told me and the rest of the world told me. The email I sent to Oprah hasn’t been replied, but if it has I am sure that would also be what Oprah tells me.
Miki,
I believe this is the result of the bad sleeping habits that you had throughout your 5th and 6th month. It is amazing to me how you can be awake at night and have all the energy in the world to jump up and down without rest during the day. You are so active! I bet you burn a lot of calories kicking your fave toy too. And the fact that you get distracted from nursing at the sound of a needle dropping contributed as well. You are burning fat more than you gain. And you keep on looking slimmer because contrary to your dawdling weight gain; your height just keep on increasing, beautifully 3-4cm every month. That is the fact that consoles my heart, perhaps you are slim and tall just like I am.
Still it annoys me sometimes when other mothers brag on how ‘healthy’ their babies are; why.. they just don’t realize that their baby is fat just like they are. You are no classic Gerber baby, Miki, but are still my precious, my intan, my payung, my lapis lazuli. You are so smart and active and you are such a cutey! I love you so much Miki! Now drink you milk or else you gonna get it from me!
Love,
Mummy.
well diyana…dont worry to much…actually me also gone thru tis problem before….ikhwan nyer weight suddenly drop bila dia masuk 7-8 bulan…an so on la…aku pun curious cam ko gak diyana…yg dalam pale otak ni asyik pikir nak gain weight dia….tp bila refer kat doc…dia x de masalah pun…active tu toksah cakap la….maybe…tue dia nyer faktor2 kot…aku pun susah ati bila tgk badan dia x cam baby yg same umo dgn dia
tp utk kes aku ni…aku rase sbb dia x dpt breast feed la…bukan x dpt…tp aku takleh supply pon susu kat dia…bcoz susu kering dh ngurut pun x leh…maybe tue salah satu caesarean punya pasal kot….
aku lg sedey masa tue….susu bdn kan penting utk tumbuhsaran makanan pertama baby….tp ikhwan sempat minum seminggu je kot…pastu…susu tin la jawbnyeee……tp!now alhamdulillah la….even dia dh 1 tahun 10 bulan….even badan x sechubby budak lain….dia sehat…active…makan selera n kuat ngajar mak dia..huhuhu…!!! dont worry k!!!!! besa le…..1st time kan jd mommy nie…sume kite akan pikir…tmbh2 yg terbaik utk anak kite…..
dont worry diyana, my ubai is as skinny as miki. Lets assume they inherit it from their super slim mummies. hahaha
aww…dont worry…maybe you should eat more err dairy and such so that ur breast milk gets fatter?! hehehhee…dont worry lah babe, he looks really healthy, and he is sooo active and cute…
insyaAllah tak dek mende…
dont worry la Di…aku pun tgh alami mslh yg sama…irfan 16 bulan berat dia tak lebih 8 kg.
aku try cuba tukar menu dia..and alhamdulillah..masuk 17 bulan berat dia naik walaupun tak seperti yg sepatutnya.
ko try la tukar food dia…tgk camne progress…
tapi berat uncle kepeh tiada bezanya dari dulu hingga skang ni..sungguh membimbangkan!! =P
aku bimbang, aku rasa diyana mencuri makanan miki dan mungkin azman turut tumpang sama….
Yatie, i dont think the type of milk yg menyebabkan baby kurus ni… aku n Ida (yg komen kat atas ni lerr) pun bfeed juga..
Kan Ida? hehehe
Yatie jgn la sedih pulak, sok anak ke2 hang leh breastfeed lagi, k?
hehe… rasanya sebab budak aktive teramat-amat, tu jer… i know all of our kids here… Yatie’s Ikhwan, Ida’s Ubai, Atie’s Irfan.. mmg jenis active punya…. sabar je laaa… And like Ida said, they inherit it from us jugak.. huhu
Dona, thanks… can that help? i mean myself consuming fatter food? fyi i drink approx. 3 glasses of Dutch Lady full cream milk everyday. Tak masuk minum milo lagi… pastu melantak nasi semua… hmmm… tapi nasihat suruh i makan ni mmg i akan ikut punya… sebab SAYA SUKA MAKAN! hehe
Nize, saya tumpang simpati… Bani, pirah mabuk!
diyana oii,si umar mate besau tu pon samer gak,,aku slalu rase sgt dengki tgk anak2 org kt opis ni yg mcm belon,baby girl debab x comey ahh,ahahahah,saje je nk sedapkan ati..samela umar & miki,tp diorg pjg kan,so,kesimpulannye nnt anak kite ni dah besar mcm modellahhh
zety…
ek elehhh.. in denial pulak.. kehekehehe….
baby debab cumil ler… as long as tak debab sampai besor..ehehhe
anak aku pon mata besau.. ape budak mate besau takboleh gemuk ke apa? ehehehhe…
tapi mmg panjang la…. bab besar macam model tu mmg dah sah dai ikut akulahh…. hahahahha!!!!
aku nak baju GAP ada??
Salam.Hi Diyana…banyaknye mummy miss tentang Diyana. Sekarang baby Miki pun dah besar.Cutenye!!…alahai…lagu2 Hari Raya Diyana ni buat mummy sedihnye…tersentuh…teringat..take of yourself and baby Miki..muah..
from my experience, my nephew pun lose weight after some time, sebab memudahkan dia move on to next stage of crawling and walking..
but tak tau la
Diyana ni siap buat graf lagi… huh… rajin betul…
Mummy Noor,
Salam… ehehhe.. mmg syahdu dengar lagu raya ni… but i do hope u enjoy it… hehehe…thanks for visiting.. 🙂
Kawaii, mungkin gak kot..sebab pergerakan Miki mmg laju giler skrg..
Puan Akuni, like I said, you havent seen the Flash Presentation!!! :p
diyana, my son pun kurus. umur dah nak masuk 2 tahun. berat baru 11kg. kurus sgt 🙁 tapi asalkan dia sihat dan aktif dan sedikit bijak… dah cukup kan? 🙂
haha ur entry ni mengingatkan i pada satu soalan yg i letih nak dgr dari my sedara bila dia orang jumpa my son “eee..apsal kurus sangat ni?”..hahah..as if i don’t give my son enough food and milk..isk!
you do not have a problem.. salam ramadhan..
hehehe…you are really funny lah. mine has gone through this too…the weight goes up and down like a roller coaster. i’ve been told..as long as the child is healthy, it’s alright. Someone even asked me why is ashley so thin whereas i’m fat! (so wanna bitch slap that person). Some kids just won’t put on weight no matter how much food you give them *shake head*
The graph…. just…. i can’t…
Nerd will be nerd.
Ejam aris… flash movie presentation nak tengok?