Spent the morning getting settled with phone and Internet and then went up to the baby nusery (basically a NICU) to offer to help with the feedings. One mom named Joyce had twins (one boy, one girl) and they are 19 days old but still only a few pounds. She was happy to have help so I got to take the tiny girl out of the incubator and feed her at the 10 am and boo feeding tines. So precious! I have never in my life seen babies as tiny as the ones in there. Tenwek has implemented a system called "cup feeding" where the mom basically milks herself into small cups and then you just tilt them in the baby's mouth until they have eaten it all. It works. At the end of the feeding Joyce offered to give me one of the babies and asked if I wanted the boy or the girl.....
Cody's been busy splitting his time between Er and Peds ward. Seen some rough stuff. Heading to our new Zealand friends house for dinner now. Love, m
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