Baby Smell Gone

I have obviously been inseparable from Allen since he was born some 10 weeks ago. I have literally watched him grow in front of me. And because I am with him and look at him all the time, I probably miss out on noticing any major changes.

Today, I was watching him sleep in my arms. He has slowly developed from a newborn into a beautiful chubby-cheek baby. His head has long stopped resembling a small newborn head and his body has plumped out. Most of the milia he was born with are gone. The hair has grown over the head-spurt growth he underwent a few weeks ago..... And then as I was reflecting on all these changes, I realized another thing: his newborn smell is gone.

And I have no clue when the smell dissipated.

I recall smelling him for weeks after he was born. Then I must have forgotten about it or gotten used to it or something. In any case, it's no longer there. And I miss it. It was such a precious fleeting smell for which I knew wasn't going to last long but the fact that it faded away without me even noticing it really upsets me.

I wish I could've bottled it.