Will the Real Jerrine Please Sit Up ?
Last week's blog features the gratifying growth progress of Jerrine Gondwe.
Or so we thought.
When we picked up baby Jerrine she was not alone. She was one of twins who we named Darlene and Jerrine (like me and my twinnie). Honest, these names were picked at the suggestion of the village headman and the babies' father. Well, their father came to visit the Nursery two weeks later and announced that he had told us the wrong birth order. Turns out that Darlene was really Jerrine and Jerrine was really Darlene. This caused no small amount of confusion, but we changed everything and tried to adjust. I mean we changed everything. Everything, that is, except all the tags on my early pictures. Darlene was Jerrine and Jerrine was Darlene on the pictures taken the first 2 weeks they were here. But then Jerrine was Jerrine and Darlene was Darlene on pictures taken after that time.
SO when I did the blog, I put the original Darlene (now known as Jerrine) as the picture labeled number 1 and the original Jerrine (now known as Darlene) as the picture labeled number 2. So the picture labeled number 2 is really the current Darlene. Yikes! It should have been the current Jerrine. Got it?
As these twins grow their weight is becoming more and more alike. This is not unusual here in the nursery. In the village, the twin with the least amount of energy usually gets fed a lot less. This is because it takes more time to feed her and she is labeled as "lazy". Oh, this one is "the lazy one" they will say. Often the "lazy" one does not survive. But here at the nursery each twin gets personal care and time is taken with slow feeders. So they gain weight and eventually catch up to their more energetic sibling. Jerrine (was Darlene ) is now catching up to Darlene (was Jerrine).
Here is a picture of Darlene and Jerrine taken yesterday. I think Jerrine is catching up quite nicely. And she didn't even know she was behind!
P.S. Yesterday, an unnanounced picture change took place on last weeks's blog. Now Jerrine is Jerrine in both photos.
Or so we thought.
When we picked up baby Jerrine she was not alone. She was one of twins who we named Darlene and Jerrine (like me and my twinnie). Honest, these names were picked at the suggestion of the village headman and the babies' father. Well, their father came to visit the Nursery two weeks later and announced that he had told us the wrong birth order. Turns out that Darlene was really Jerrine and Jerrine was really Darlene. This caused no small amount of confusion, but we changed everything and tried to adjust. I mean we changed everything. Everything, that is, except all the tags on my early pictures. Darlene was Jerrine and Jerrine was Darlene on the pictures taken the first 2 weeks they were here. But then Jerrine was Jerrine and Darlene was Darlene on pictures taken after that time.
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| Jerrine on left, Darlene on right |
SO when I did the blog, I put the original Darlene (now known as Jerrine) as the picture labeled number 1 and the original Jerrine (now known as Darlene) as the picture labeled number 2. So the picture labeled number 2 is really the current Darlene. Yikes! It should have been the current Jerrine. Got it?
As these twins grow their weight is becoming more and more alike. This is not unusual here in the nursery. In the village, the twin with the least amount of energy usually gets fed a lot less. This is because it takes more time to feed her and she is labeled as "lazy". Oh, this one is "the lazy one" they will say. Often the "lazy" one does not survive. But here at the nursery each twin gets personal care and time is taken with slow feeders. So they gain weight and eventually catch up to their more energetic sibling. Jerrine (was Darlene ) is now catching up to Darlene (was Jerrine).
Here is a picture of Darlene and Jerrine taken yesterday. I think Jerrine is catching up quite nicely. And she didn't even know she was behind!
P.S. Yesterday, an unnanounced picture change took place on last weeks's blog. Now Jerrine is Jerrine in both photos.
posted by Paul and Darlene Heller at 1:37 PM
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