A Fun Bus Ride

So, I was on my way back on the bus from Managua to Granada, doing my usual - reading my book for Women's Health Care, PC 615 (Contraceptive Technology), when a mom and her baby sat beside me. He was so cute! He would look at me and then reach over with his hand and gently touch my arm, then he would look at me with his big, brown eyes and smile(: After awhile he tired of this game. He reached over and put his hand on my chest, then he laid his head on his mom's chest, and I could tell that he wanted to nurse. So, in the Central American manner-she breast fed him. I couldn't help but congratulate her and tell her how wonderful it was that she was doing such a healthy thing for her son, Derik. Marlen proceeded to tell me that he was eating other foods and still breastfeeding too. OK, so I was very excited that here I am in Nicaragua, sitting next to someone who is uninhibited about her health choices. The AAP, the Healthy People 2010, and the World Health Organization, and I would love for this to spread to North America! Anyway, we had a nice chat and she took a picture of me reading my text book, and of course I had to get a pic of her and her son. It was was a very pleasant bus ride.