The Nursery is Full

We now have 5 babies at the nursery and we are full up!  We only had 4 cribs and had to borrow the fifth in order to take the last one.  We now have Bridget, 17 months, Blessings, 9 months, Mphatso, 5 months, Jacob, 6 weeks, and Samson, 2 weeks.

Last Wednesday we brought home Jacob and Samson from the hospital.  Jacob’s mother is mentally ill and left him at the market.  He is a pretty healthy boy and is doing well.  Samson’s mother died after giving birth and he only weighs 4.8 lbs.  He is so very tiny but appears to be healthy.  The next day we were called about a little boy whose mother is a blind beggar in town.  Social services wanted to send her to a school for the blind but needed us to take the baby before she could go.  Even though his name is Blessings, so far he hasn’t been much of a blessing yet.  He is very afraid as he is old enough to know that we aren’t his mother and it doesn’t help that we are white.  He cries most of the time but is slowly getting better. 

 

At this point we can take no more babies as we need to have cribs made and 2 more nannies hired.  Right now I have a nanny coming for day shift and night shift.  We don’t want the ladies to have more than 4 babies to take care of.  We have moved Bridget into our side of the house as she is getting stronger and becoming a typical toddler.  Our nursery isn’t really set up for toddling children and especially when the nanny has her hands full with 4 other babies.  Needless to say our other children are thrilled as we have all love Bridget.  We will have to begin looking at a permanent placement for her as she is now past the crisis.  Please pray that Social Services will assist us in a timely manner to find her a permanent home.