First Meal

IMG_0395, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

This is always a bittersweet moment for me. I love the months when my baby has had nothing that didn't come from me--purely and entirely grown by her mother. I love the milky smell, and even the tangy vinegary smell of the baby poops of an exclusively breastfed baby. Now that era is coming to an end, and this is the first of many steps toward independence.