a bit more work

You can always tell when a mother is very young and just had her first baby when she proceeds to try and keep breast feeding it while it urinates and poops all over her leg, the floor and chair she is sitting on, then just stands there with a horrified "deer in the headlights" look on her face. For some reason I actually saw this happen twice yesterday. Very interesting I suppose. I have to say, I have actually learned quite a bit about the growth and development of children and how to try and get them to react in the way that they are supposed to during various tasks. We had patients yesterday that were deficit in mostly language and a bit of coordination. I think that the language does not come, because the children are only strapped to their mother for so long, they do not have the chance to try and interact and learn how to speak at all, and mothers do not see the issue with that really, so that does not help. We also had quite a few giant babies, like 12.5 kg at 9 months... I am not sure how their tiny mothers cart them around all day. They are quite strong. Anyways, things are starting to get a bit better, so that is good... will keep you all posted!!