A Sunny Day

I had an interesting day today. I walked to the other side of town to visit a friend I haven't seen for a while. It was a beautifully sunny day...a day for shorts and T shirt. I passed a few mothers with buggies and they all seemed to be smiling at me. Claire and I chatted over fennel tea and malt loaf in the garden while Inka slept and her little one got food all over her face. Then to the doctors to get Inka immunised. Its her first set of injections at 2 months old. I had to hold her arms and have her on my lap as two efficient nurses injected her in both thighs from either side simultaneously. I closed my eyes as they did it. She let out a little silent scream and then a deep breath and a heart breaking cry. I'm a bad bad mother letting them do that...that's what she would say if she could. Ive just reached another milestone of motherhood...seeing my little one in pain but knowing its for her own good.