For few days mama didn’t get enough sleep (sleepless) since Sophie fell sick last week, Friday. That nite, her body temperature was quite high, 38.5 degree C, but still Sophie playing around like usual. When we noticed her body warmth turned heater, we decided to a nearby clinic for check up. On the way to clinic, Sophie intoned her favourite song “Cleopatra Stratan”; she could utter lalalalalalalala in the right melody similar as in the song. (Perhaps, I could tell u guys later in next entry, how we discovered it is Cleopatra Stratan song that she’s been admiring now!).

I’m not being racist, but my lil munchkin is easily scared of people with unfair-skin-tone meaning she would instantly snivel or cry when meet up with such people. Continue back to the story, we met up an Indian doctor and lil Sophie who was singing lalalalalala began sobbing once we entered the consultation room. Haahahaha..she was super duper cutey ! The doctor (I’m sorry Doc, we never meant to hurt you!!) was seriously checking my baby and consultation time took only about 7 minutes as Sophie pulled out his statescope as well as to a torchlight and made it hard for the doctor to examine her. I asked doctor about my munchkin condition, and he said she was only having light fever since no runny nose.

So we gave her paracetamol and vitamin C (2.5 ml of each liquid), according to doc’s instruction. Tomorrow morning, we monitored her conditioned, Sophie seemed weaker but her body temperature went back to normal.  Both of us (those were very very young yet inexperienced parents done idiot decision) thought she was fine then we brought her to Masjid Wilayah- to eyewitness Babah best friends (kecik and Ena) tied a knot. After the solemnisation, we headed back home, and I quickly cooked porridge for Sophie before her medication, and at the same time preparing some dishes for the family.

I fed her few spoons then asked for my sister’s help to continue the feeding and with that I could finish cooking. After sometime, I heard Sophie vomited and scarily she puked and everything in her stomach was discharged through mouth and nose. My mind suddenly black-out-ed! I hugged my baby and seriously I couldn’t think of anything that time and only one person appear quickly in my mind and she was Mamazila ( Sophie’s nanny; our next door neighbour)! Coincidently, she was just in front of our house main door. She took Sophie, brought to her house, and put some water on Sophie’s head to low down the heat. Sophie cried calling for my name, and she was just refused to be taken by anybody else, even babah. I hugged Sophie tightly to calm her.

Terrible! Truly terrible. It was our fault -the fault which we have promised not to repeat again in future. We should actually stay at home, not going anywhere so that she could get enough rest. Shouldn’t we?

Hmm, on Monday (Sophie reached 9 mos old – 26.05.09), only we discovered that she’s having baby measles which is common to all baby. Rashes appear to all over her body but luckily it wasn’t too obvious. Following my mother’s advice, I showered her with coconut fluid and some shredded-kangkong water. Only wear holed shirts and pants. No lotion! No baby powder!

I’m lucky as my parents and my parents in law came here! So we are not that ‘alone’ to manage the baby measles. Alhamdulillah, she has recovered today! She woke up this morning, cheerily like she usually does and asked me to play with her!! Sophie mama love U! Babah loves u too.

XOXOXOXO Sophie.