When the child is born and they finish wiping him, our grandparents would get the white part of bread and soak it in water and give it to the baby; sometimes the baby would be made to eat things that made them sick. (IDI-Inf. 3)
This put the women in a situation where they were desperate for other ways of caring for the child. Learning about more healthy newborn care practices from Mobile Midwife empowered the women. They were equipped with the necessary knowledge and tools needed to make them feel self-confident and trusting in their own abilities to take ownership in caring for their newborn.
I have had a lot of benefits from it. They [Mobile Midwife] have taught me the kinds of things where- by I can keep my baby clean and healthy such that even when someone sees the baby, they would want to hold him