initiation

1/28/22

last night, at the end of breastfeeding, he bit my nipple hard while pulling away and I yelled. my yell scared him – he made a scared face – and then he started crying.

today, I feel initiated into something. he gave me my first mark across the face: while I was carrying him, he scraped his nails across my face, near my mouth, with his hand. it stung and bled bright red.