Have you ever given a baby a bath? How about 30 babies? When you work the afternoon shift at Nutre Hogar, you get this slippery, sloshy, unforgettable experience. The bath time ritual stars early- about 5:30, right after dinner is cleaned up: Herd the babies and toddlers out of the play room into the sleeping room. Randomly deposit each one in a crib to await his or her turn at the spigot. Grab a baby, remove dirty play clothes and diaper (watch out! Chances are it's loaded!). Carry wriggly baby to sink. Good luck washing without a wash cloth or detachable shower head or even a cup for rinsing. Dry baby- but leave the towel for the next one- we all share two or three towels here. Carry baby to changing table. Diaper. Root through mountains of clothes of
all sizes and for
both genders until you find something generally appropriate for baby to wear to bed. Dress the baby. Nuzzle. Carry to a crib. Nuzzle again. Lay him or her down. Breathe.
Lather, rinse, repeat. Literally.
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Since we had the morning off, I took a few students shopping at the market and down the main avenue in Santiago. Soccer jerseys and souvenirs were the main focus of our excursion...I think they wiped out the remaining supply of World Cup jerseys in town!
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Worn out from shopping!
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| Other things for sale at the market- some familiar, and some not. |
Chicken for dinner tonight?
Santiago's town square
In the market pic, I think I can identify all but the little yellow sphere-shaped things in the bags - any ideas what they are?
ReplyDeleteNance a small grape size native fruit
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