Question: Is this baby a boy or a girl?
I was holding the above baby at the clinic admiring the cute little flowered undershirt she had on... when it hit me you just never know the sex of these babies. Baby Gap, Children's Place, Babies RuS are non existent here. Your baby wears what ever can be found at the market that has been imported from a western world.
So I asked one of my translators if this baby was a boy or a girl. Just for clarification. The translator turned the babies head and looked at the ear of the child. He quickly responded that is a boy. I said no it can't be. Look at how she is dressed it is clearly a girl. I then asked another translator is this a boy or a girl. She did the same thing, she looked at the child's ear and said it is a boy. I responded by saying how can you tell the sex of a baby by looking at the ear. Is there some scientific reasoning that I am unaware of. They both said no there is no metal in that babies ear.... meaning the baby's ears were not pierced no ear rings. I still was in disbelief so I went into the clinic were the mother was at and asked her, she said it is a BOY.
Apparently it is real easy to distinguish between a boy and a girl here. All baby girls get there ears pierced very early on in life.
Guess you learn something new every day.
This one is a pants set..... a little big don't you think? 
Noel was the 2nd broken jaw patient that we fixed this outreach. I think the number on his chart reads DBED #5 we are now on DBED# 4200. I remember him the day I spotted him in the line up on that first Thursday. He did not look so good. Today almost 5 months later he is stopping by the clinic just to say HELLO to me. His English vocabulary is not the largest in fact I think he only knows Hello, I am good, thank you, and Jessica. Which makes since why every time he sees me he sounds like a broken record saying Jessica...... however it is one broken record that I enjoy. Above is a post-op picture of Noel with his daughter. When we discharged him about a month ago I was sad when I said good-bye thinking I would never see him again.... little did I know he would stop by un-expected and say hello.
I was holding the above baby at the clinic admiring the cute little flowered undershirt she had on... when it hit me you just never know the sex of these babies. Baby Gap, Children's Place, Babies RuS are non existent here. Your baby wears what ever can be found at the market that has been imported from a western world. 
Weekends..who knows where we will be next
Good Byes
Dental Outreach and Hygiene Teaching
