Open Letter for My Son – Happy Eight Months Birthday Luth Mikael

Dear Miki,

I am writing this on 17th September 2008 and coincidently it is 17 Ramadan 1429 in the Islamic calendar. And on this blessed month of Ramadan, you turn 8 months old. I want you to know that I am very-very proud of you. You have reached so many milestones and you are charming but most of all, I am so thankful to Allah the Most Merciful, the Most Gracious, the Most Beneficent… for your excellent health. All praise for the Al-Mighty.

Son,
I am feeling the sorrow of a friend of mine with a baby who is ailing. With all my heart I pray for her son’s health and speedy recovery. And to be blessed with a child like you, Luth Mikael, once again I praise God, Alhamdulillah for my healthy baby.

Throughout your 8 months of life you only got two illnesses. Thank God for nothing serious. When you were about 3 days old you were yellowish and diagnosed with jaundice. It broke my heart to a thousand pieces when you were admitted to Hospital Pantai Mutiara, Penang. I brokedown like crazy even though I knew you will only be away for one night. The next morning when you were discharged, I was so relieved that you would soon be better, that I forgot to curse the obnoxious Dr Chan for admitting you unnecessarily. Though it tormented me a great deal but I realized that jaundice is absolutely common and curable, it is almost harmless.

The next hiccup would be eczema, which you have on your cheeks. There were times when it got bad and very red and there were times when your face is very clear. Like other mothers, I got so distressed with the itchy inflammation on your face that I was often in tears and sometimes it even haunts me in my dreams. I felt so sorry for you, I was almost depressed!

Miki,
In this sacred month of Ramadan I want to embrace the moments of serenity and closeness to God. I want to start thinking positive and be thankful for the beautiful child that you are, blessed with great health. For goodness sake I got to stop wailing when looking at you rubbing your cheeks – You only have itchy skin, not skin cancer! Mummy needs to get a grip! Luckily now the eczema has totally cured and you look cuter than ever. Looking back, what was I thinking risking gila meroyan over reddish baby cheeks? Gosh, I reacted like you’ve got a virus or something! But then again maybe I was gila meroyan!

Miki,
Mummy is very thankful that you have never gotten colic or kembung perut – not once in your entire life! I am thankful that you never got stomach ache – not once! I am so pleased that you don’t have a speck of rash on your bum or anywhere else– never! I am happy that you never got constipation – at all! I am so thankful that most of typical baby health problems never got to you. Thank God.

You had running nose a few times only by mixing with other sick kids at the babysitter’s. You were coughing too once or twice but only when it got too cold. You had low grade fever a couple of time, once when you were a few weeks old- for over swaddling and another after your 5th month immunization injection, but the highest temperature was only 37.4 degree Celsius. Which was almost not a fever at all. I am very thankful for all that. I am a very lucky mother.

Miki, with good health that God has bestowed upon our family, let’s all remember Him more. Let’s be nice to all mankind and lets pray for all our sins to be forgiven. I hope you will grow up to be a good person, a obedient servant to Him and a compassionate friend to other people. But no, you still cannot date girls from THAT state in Malaysia and THAT part of Selangor. Someday when you have you own blog, try not to diss other bloggers. People can always say that we are boring but they can never-never say that we are cocky!

Happy 8th month birthday, Miki!

Love,
Mummy

Author: Diyana

18 thoughts on “Open Letter for My Son – Happy Eight Months Birthday Luth Mikael

  1. an open reply to miki:

    dear miki, hiiiiiiiii! remember me? your uncle bani? congrats u r 8 mnths old. you should crawl yourself from your babysitter’s house to your own house.

    miki one day, when you are totally grown up and have enough money to ‘belanja’ me, u should know that this is all because you also have traumatized me as what your mum and your dad done to me.

    for what reason i dont know, everytime i speak a simple word, u r laughing unnecessarily. hey, it’s an insult to me as if my word is lousy and doesnt have any meaning.

    other thing, when u r in your ferarri, could u mind your own business and let me do my own business too. why u always look uneasy in your ferarri and begging me to ‘dukung’ u. and why oh why u have to make yourself like a jelly when i’m ‘dukung’ u and why oh why again u have to drool all over me? please keep your saliva to yourself. i have my own thank you.

    i will ‘ungkit’ one by one for the next time. meanwhile, if tonite, mommy or daddy reading this reply to you, please make sure to behave well when i’m going to meet you soon.

    and miki, i know that you are cute, but please bear in mind that i’m cuter than you and do not even try to fight with me to chase all major babes in the klang valley.

    until then…..please protect yourself from your not so well in mind parents. dont tell me that i never warn you. if they do something funny to you, use all your kicking power to teach them a lesson. this action is suitable to your uncle nize too.

    sincerely,
    me la…sapa lagi

  2. Baniiiii!!!
    hahahahahahaha!!! ko memang sengalllll!!!!!!! ahahahahahaa!
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    Atoi,
    Kalau dah my son takkan le pompuan pulok anak haku tu! hahaha.. thanks for visiting my website..
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    Asroll,
    Aku rasa hang pun patut avoid girls from THAT part of Selangor…
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    Fatin & Farah (F&F)
    Thank you dear…..

  3. surat balasan kepada cimiki juga..;
    kehadapan cimiki,

    sila menjauhkan diri dari uncle bani kamu, sesungguhnye uncle bani kamu tidak normal seperti manusia biasa..!

    yang benar,
    uncle kepeh.

  4. Miki!

    Eventhough u dont get the chance to know me..auntie rafidah….i would really really want to wish u a happy 8th month living :)…wish u the best of childhood years to come with great mummy and daddy (err…can i get free burger for the compliment) hehhehe…

    i’m sure u gonna be the most hensem kid on the block when u grows up…and i’m still be ur auntie rafidah(stranger of the block)hehehe….

    p/s : hmmm..i wonder which state of SELANGOR…jgn KKB udah…aku lahir sana…hehehe

  5. wahhh… semua orang pun tulis surat kat Miki, bestnyaaa!!! hehehe
    (walaupun sesetengah surat adalah merapu meraban seperti surat Bani)
    thank u thank u

  6. happy 8th month bday miki!! oh my miki got eczema too? welcome to the club babe. melissa got it too. and its quite bad. bad to the extend she cannot use normal lotion or powder. she can only use a special lotion (her skin needs to be moisturised all the time) the dermatologist pead gave her. she bathed with a special soap that cost rm40++, tak boleh kena panas atau habuk. tido malam garu sana garu sini. dah penat i nangis. but the pead told me tak boleh buat apa, the eczmea can be controlled only when they are 5 or 6. siapa yg ada eczema ni, you ke azman? because the child must’ve got it from the parents and like my case…moi! does he has allergy? im allergic to eggs but melissa is allergic to santan. you’ll have to take care with the food intake ok because eczema patient are prone to be allergic to certain food.

  7. Eintanz,
    Miki has got eczema on both cheeks starting when he was 2 months old until 6 months old… on and off… on and off….
    Sekarang nasib baik dah hilang! Phew!!!
    Mula2 started as ruam susu, sebab while feeding susu meleleh kena pipi dia. Kena keep his pipi dry all the time…
    So far he is not allergic to anything and can use any type of soap but I think he must be allergic to eggs. Because even though he hasnt been fed eggs before, he still scratches his face when I EAT EGGS!!! Must have passed it to him through breastmilk.

    I dont think I have eczema but my mum does, and Miki’s cousins from Azman’s side of the family got it too…. sighhh… hopefully Melissa will get cured soon. Miki’s paed prescribe him with a cream named Protopic, with non steroid content… hilang terus! alhamdulillah……

  8. happy 8th month birthday, miki!
    p/s: aisyah also had her 3rd month birthday yesterday (17th august) . what a coincidence:)

  9. a reply to miki – aunty pun nak jadi sengal jugak :guling:

    dear miki,

    happy 8 mo. birthday. u never fail to amaze me with your cuteness and big round eyes – tho i see u in pictures only. they remind me to my 1 year+ son, who lost his baby fat and his eyes now are no longer big and round (but syukur ada mata, kan) and i hope his coming adik will in the same league like yours.

    please tell your mom that my house is at BSP – and there is NO giant, carrefour or tesco nearby, hence i have to run my groceries at pasar malam only 😛 but in case you (yes, miki, you) are interested, a house next to mine is for sale (at least you know you will a get a sassy neighbours i.e. me AND aunty den)

    send my regards to your mommy.

    XXmuahhssXX

  10. kan kan kan shanu…tak pun buat la wasiat ke…jgn lupa masukan kengkawan skali dlm wasiat tu

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