If only we had several mums of good will to donate their breast milk, some of the babies at Happy Life Children’s Home could be healthier. We try as much as we can to give them the milk formula for the first 6 months. However, the formula is quite expensive here in Kenya but even so, it cannot be compared with the mum’s milk. Liuba our Happy Life Children's home nurse just delivered 3 months ago and she is back to work. When she came back, we had two babies who had been unwell (Aaron and Leo) but Leo was worse, and had become very malnourished. He was on the special formula for sometime and the improvement rate was quite slow and being 3 ½ months old, he weighed 2.7 kgs. Liuba has been devoted in donating her breast milk every day to these two boys and miraculously they are thriving in a great rate especially Leo. Leo is now 3.5 kgs within a period of 3 weeks. Mmmmm what is in the breast milk? I am so impressed and I am a witness that the breast milk is the best for any child. No one who had seen Leo in the last one or so month believes this great improvement. Hahaha, I declare Liuba our nurse the super Mama of the year 2010. Together we can make a difference.
Rosemary Kamau
HLCH, Administrator
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