Today it's my turn to present the physiotherapy session on positioning of babies and children. Catriona and Deanne are a hard act to follow. Beth has translated the PowerPoint presentation into Russian and we are hoping the meaning is not obscure OR rude! But our wonderful interpreter Bigaim will rescue us.
All goes well, the ladies are very interested, animated and contribute well to the discussion. The baby I nursed yesterday is a very convenient model. Most of the ladies have been trying to do this sort of stuff, some for many years, so we are just trying to refine techniques and explain underlying premises for what we do, to give them basic understanding to enable a bit of clinical reasoning on their part. Thankfully the local OT is Aussie and around for ongoing consultation. I have collaborated at length with her so here's hoping.
After wonderful lunch of local dumplings and healthy salads, Catriona and Dianne are on again with more communication skills, the highlight of which is singing things like Old MacDonald's Farm, in Russian. I get some hilarious video footage.
Later we went to look at souvenirs at the home of a lady who helps local women better themselves by sewing and selling felt craft, a long tradition in Kyrgyzstan. Yes of course we bought some!
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