Update on the Crisis Nursery

I’m not sure if I described what a typical day at the nursery entails, but basically the day starts off with devotions in the morning about 8am. The devotion/singing usually lasts until 8:30 and the rest of the day consists of changing the infants, feeding the infants, and playing with them. The amount of things we are allowed to do tends to depend on the nannies. For instance this past Wednesday (June 30th), I was left alone with about 8 toddlers. It doesn’t sound too bad, but Gift likes to sit on your lap and cuddle, yet Blackstone wants your attention and wants you to help him learn how to walk. You have Nora pulling on other toddlers, which makes them start crying. Chisomo wants your attention and if he doesn’t get it…..the tantrums commence. All the nannies went to tea and left me in the play area to try to deal with it all. Now I did deal with it for sure!! I started taking the kids back to their beds one-by-one because for the most part they were tired. No one fought me and most were already asleep once I put them in their bed. The exception, of course, lies with Chisomo, Gift, and Blackstone. Needless to say, they screamed bloody murder. Yet after 10minutes of crying, they settled down and slept.

Now I will say my favorite of all the babies (which I know you shouldn’t have favorites) are the twins Jese and Jestina. I would say if I was a bit farther in my life (ie: married, had a settled job etc) I would consider adopting these two. They are so sweet, docile, and smart. Jese hardly cries, yet she doesn’t enjoy bathtime and Jestina hardly cries, yet she is the Queen of spit-up (lol). They are just so calm and enjoy watching things and their smiles are so adorable. Another adorable one is Teageni (we call her Tea). She cracks me up with her smirks and facial expressions.

I did check in on Mario and the other critical baby whose name stands for “freedom” and they seem to be doing well. I got to hold Freedom for a bit and soothed her until she fell asleep again.

Gift was taken into foster care this week! :)

More to come…..