Mother's Day Pictures

My mom, me and Brilyn had pictures done at JCPenney's on mother's day. It was fun. Needless, to say I didn't love some of the pictures of me. I am not that photogenic. My kind husband said the pictures didn't do me justice. And he said maybe you just don't take very good photos. Yes, I have known that for years now. But Brilyn seems to be very photo friendly. She smiled for EVERY picture. Very different than Cole. I can remember being so excited if he smiled for one shot at this age. He was still cute though. Enjoy the pictures.

To NOT shot for now.........

So the decision still continues on Brilyn's vaccinations. She went for her 4 month visit this week. She is doing very well. She is now 13 lb 5 oz. and 26 inches long. 50% for weight. Not sure on the length percentile as they didn't tell me. Her pediatrician said okay she needs a LOT of shots and wrote them all down for me. I told him I had decided to wait until she was at least 1 yr. old for most of them and then I was going to pick and choose. They always love to use abbreviations and go over them real fast so I asked him to tell me which ones were which and he did. I decided out of all of them I would give her the oral rotavirus vaccination. According to research nearly all children get rotavirus by the time they are five. My friends little girl had it and had to be hospitalized. Um yeah, been there done that. So I decided to do it because I know it's kinda common and prevalent. One vaccine I have decided not to do until WAY later is Hepatitus B and here's why....

Hepatitis B is spread by blood-to-blood contact or by having sex with an infected person. Oral sex may transmit hepatitis B, especially swallowing semen from an infected man.
A high risk for blood contact is the sharing of needles or equipment with injecting drug users, who may not know they are infectious.
Sharing razors or toothbrushes with an infectious person may spread the disease.
Health workers may be at risk by accidental needlestick injuries.
Women who are hepatitis B carriers may infect their babies around the time of birth. Since 2000, all babies are vaccinated soon after birth, reducing the risk of becoming carriers or contracting the infection later in life

Umm yeah, I don't think that applies to most babies and definitely not mine!

I kind of debated giving her the DPT (Diptheria, Pertussis, Tetanus) because Pertussis or whooping cough can be kind of common but this shot is one that definitely can give them a high fever so I decided to wait until she is older.

My sister-in-law says in her research she has found that older children's bodies are more able to handle the immunizations and I tend to agree. Plus breast fed babies are receiving at least partial immunizations according to what I have read.

I asked the pediatrician if they still put formaldehyde in the shots and he said yes. Here's a list of all the ingredients in the various immunizations just in case you wanted to know http://www.tetrahedron.org/articles/vaccine_awareness/ingredients.html

I am more at peace with the decision now than I was before. Also, CDC says you can request an ingredient list before receiving vaccination at your local healthcare practitioner so that is good.