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Spoken through the eyes and feelings of a newborn, this book offers an intimate and powerful perspective on the earliest moments of life-when the world is new, overwhelming, and entirely dependent on loving response. In these first hours and days, the baby's voice reveals a simple truth: nothing matters more than being held close and fed promptly. At the heart of the story is colostrum-the baby's first nourishment and first protection. Often called ""liquid gold,"" colostrum is presented not as a medical concept, but as a lifeline felt deeply by the baby. Rich, warm, and perfectly made for a brand-new body, it soothes hunger, coats the fragile gut, strengthens immunity, and signals safety in a world still being learned. Through the baby's perspective, readers come to understand that these first drops are not small or insignificant; they are powerful, intentional, and essential. Written for parents, caregivers, and anyone involved in early infant care, this book blends gentle advocacy with heartfelt storytelling. By allowing the baby to speak, it reframes breastfeeding as more than nutrition-it becomes protection, comfort, and the baby's first experience of being truly heard.

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Trina Escobar Pyke, RN, MSN, CLC is a Registered Nurse and Certified Lactation Counselor with over three decades of experience caring for mothers and babies. She began her nursing career at Loma Linda University Medical Center and throughout her life worked in many other hospitals. She later had the privilege of working as the OB Coordinator at the University of Tennessee Family Practice. In 2017, she earned a Master of Science in Nursing Education and taught and mentored nursing students until her retirement in 2021. She now has ""the best ""job"" in the world"" (her own words) which is helping raise her grandchildren. Writing her first booklet from the heart, to inspire and uplift, and in the tender voice of a baby, Trina hopes this booklet will encourage mothers to begin breastfeeding right away and understand the priceless gift of colostrum.

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