Day Five

Today the volunteers and the babies were really tired. Most of the non-mobiles napped in the morning so I was able to visit Maria in isolation. I worked with Cristi on standing (with somersaults as rewards) and sitting up with Gabriela. The babies were fussier than usual about their bottles too. I changed one super poopy diaper, Gabriela’s, and she put her hand in it which made things much more difficult. In the afternoon they were even more tired, Marius lay on my chest while I lay on the floor and rocked Gabby in the rainforest chair for about half the time. Dan said he thought Marius had a fever, which was why he was lethargic. After that I held little Andreea and played with Gabriela. Luckily, most of the kids’ colds seem to be getting better. Tonight we went to Barlad for dinner with Dan and Delia. We also went to the travel agent to set up our trip for the weekend. Tomorrow we will only have a half day at the clinic before the trip. Hopefully after the weekend some of our other babies will be back!