Kelsey: Alisha adventures

Alisha gets into all kinds of trouble in my room. Whats up with that?

Baby: Kelsey I found these tylenol pills on your floor and I can't get them open!

Baby: I have a feeling they are sugar coated and I would REALLY like to chew on them.

Baby: Maybe if I just twist this part and bang it on the floor a little...

Baby: Kelsey these are my saddest eyes! Puhlease open this lid. Stupid child locks.

In other news Alisha can stand up all by herself now! But she will only do it if someone is singing "This Time for Africa" by Shakira. Sing the song and she can stand for like ten minutes. Stop singing and she immediately falls down. 

Stop peeing on me

This child will not stop peeing on me. Its becoming a problem.

Baby Alisha

People in Uganda  generally believe that diapers are not good for a baby. Plus disposable diapers are crazy expensive and wasteful so almost no one uses them. Baby pee is treated like something other than urine. If you get baby pee on you it is no big deal. You just wait and let it dry. If anyone here got adult pee on them they would immediately wash themselves and their clothes. But baby pee is like water for some reason.

Getting her third bath of the day

I first discovered this through my friend Amanda. She came to school one day and reported that when the babies peed on the couch or on the floor it was just left to evaporate. This was/is confusing because Ugandans are like the cleanest people on the entire earth. People take at least two baths a day and the floors are all mopped 2 or 3 times per day. I mean in America I mopped my floor twice all year. And I generally shower like every 2 or 3 days. Anyway baby pee. Its hard to get used to. The first time a baby peed on me I was in the mountains and I immediately handed the baby back and changed my clothes. People stared at me like I was crazy.

This is evil laughter. She is thinking about how many times she peed on me today.

Yeah you better run!

Maybe I should start taking more than 2 baths a week...

- Kels