Tali Pusat / Umbilical Cord

Dear Diary,

I thought of sharing this with you all and jotting this down here for my children’s reference in future. When I gave birth to my first child, my mother advises me to keep my children’s umbilical cord that came off from their bellybuttons when they’re babies in one place or together. It is believed that they’ll always be united and no matter how severe they argue with each other they’ll still love one another. Air dicincang takkan putus, Insya Allah.

It is also believed that if they’re sick (for example fever), the umbilical cord can come handy. When soak in water, the water can be used to heal them (by way of drinking, showering or applying on them). I’ve tried this on Irfan once and it worked. He had been with high temperature for a few days without signs of subsiding. We went to two clinics! When everything else failed, my father in law suggested to bathe him with his umbilical cord’s water and also to feed him a bit of the water. Alhamdulillah, his fever receded.

I don’t know how far this petua is true but there’s no harm in doing it.