While I was in Huanchaco for reconnect, my host parents called me to say that Teo had her baby and it was a little girl!
On my way home from reconnect I was waiting for a car in Chillete. I had been sitting there for about half an hour when I finally realized I was only about 10 feet away from Teo and her newborn baby! It was a little strange because as I walked over, Teo whipped out her boob and started breast-feeding. Women do that all the time here. Meetings, busses, in the plaza, during mass… you name it, Peruvian moms are feeding their babies and they don’t by any means do it discreetly.
Regardless the baby is adorable and is so little. I don’t think I’ve ever held a baby that young before. I think she was only 3 days old. When I asked if I could hold her Teo asked back “puedes?” (can you really???) Like she was shocked I actually knew how. Its not that hard, you just put your arms out and lay the baby in them right?
Slightly nervous I asked what she decided to call the baby and she said….. Bron! Oh poor little girl. She’s in for a long ride: Brawn, Brown, Braun……
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