Friday, May 21, 2010

Haven Initiation

Hi Friends this is Catherine! Today we were initiated into the Haven (orphanage for babies and toddlers) with wet diapers, play time, bathing, and the feeding of sheema. It was amazing to see how that many children could be cared for my the "mothers" of the house. There were 7 of us there with one or two babies, and sometimes 3 babies at a time with 10 more waiting to get attention. They were so well behaved though and just went with the flow of everything going on. We didn't hear any of them cry until they were hungry and I might or might not have fed my baby really hot sheema (unknowingly of course). I felt so bad, but that did not stop her from eating her full bowl. Starting on Monday we will begin language classes at the Haven, tutor some of the school kids, work on swallowing with the smaller babies, and go to the schools for hearing screenings. We have appreciated the last few days of becoming accustomed to our surroundings, but I think now we are all ready to go to work! And work we will :) over and out....Catherine

6 comments:

  1. It will be interesting to see how many cultural differences we will see as we watch these children for the next several weeks.

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  2. This sounds so cool! What exactly is sheema? Did the babies have any trouble with new people taking care of them or feeding them?

    -Megan Parsons

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  3. Monday will be an amazing experience for everyone!!

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  4. I'm glad you all are getting accustomed and are ready to work. How many hours ahead are yall? I bet that took a while to get used to.

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  5. It sounds like everything is going great! I am with Megan what exactly is Sheema? It is amazing to hear how well behaved they all are b/c you don't hear that too much about the babies here in america

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  6. What is in this sheema? Is t just like baby formula? Is there a lot less crying than you would see from other American babies you may be accustomed to?

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