New baby means an excuse to see a hospital!

On the same day that we visited the slum school, we also went with Sister Dunn to the Holy Family Hospital in Delhi to visit a woman from our branch of the Church who had just had a baby. (Missionaries in Delhi don't have cars, and it was quite a ways away, so it worked out for us to take her.) Christelle couldn't come in because they would not allow Niek (who is 3) to go in. We were not there in visiting hours, either, but there were 3 of us white ladies, and we just marched right in.
Someday I will blog about the crappy voodoo medicine they practice here - it is unbelievable the garbage advice people are given - you can't fathom that a DOCTOR would say such ludicrous stuff! But not today.
This is Theresa Fernando and her new son. She had been thoroughly prepared by the Dunns (he is a doctor!) but it was still scary for her since NO ONE is allowed in with you - no mom, no husband, no sister. Notice the furnishings right out of the 50s - metal beds, etc. And I wish the photos of the baby's diapers would have turned out better - these diapers are basically a triangle of single layer flannel (and not soft or fluffy at all) with strings on the wide side and a loop in the front. You put the baby on the triangle, pull the strings to the front, go thru the loop and tie. (You can see in this photo it took two of us to figure it out!) And if he actually does anything, it is a waste, since one layer of old flannel doesn't absorb anything! (I know this because I got wet whilst holding him!) And it barely keeps the other stuff off the blankets. Crazy. My baby gift to her was some velcro diapers, more than one layer thick! And I have never seen more of them to buy since then. You rarely see a baby with a diaper or pants on - al fresco is the way to go here, and since babies are almost always at home with a maid or Grandma, and all the floors are marble and it is warm all the time... who needs Huggies? If you do buy diapers, they come in ridiculously tiny packages (like, 10. what is that, a one day supply??) and they are ridiculously expensive.
Look at the hair on that kid! Cute, eh?