Walk This Way

This week Ava had her 14 month appointment. I know, there is no such thing. It's either a 12 month or 15 month but this is how scheduling at her pediatrician works (or doesn't work).

Oh, you missed her 12 month vaccinations so we'll just double up with her 15 month set. Says her Dr.

Anyways, we talked lengthily about how Ava is not walking yet. She really has no desire. My theory is that Ava is a diva and would rather be held or knows she has perfected the crawl and doesn't mess around when she wants to go some where. But the pediatrician was rather concerned for a lack of a better word and gave me a few pointers to get this baby a walkin'. Ditch the walker and get one of those push toys being her main point of advice. I agreed. I don't necessarily mind that she isn't walking as I am firm believer on letting babies do and venture on their own however, I want her to keep up when it pertains to her development milestones.

So then the nurse came in with the tray of shots. By the way she was a mess at this point (she had fallen asleep in my arms and when the Dr. and her 3rd year med school trainee tried to wake her to check her diaper and leg muscles... you should have seen the melt down!)

She will be getting six shots today.

Um, WHAT?  Six?

I felt helpless. I don't like vaccinations. I feel off about them but I don't know enough to decline them which is what enevitably I would like to do. I only know what I 'hear' from other people which is foolish to base my opinion upon. I know that there are links to Autism but also they have been disproven. So I let her get the shots. I held her against me as she sat on the table (as the nurse suggested) and she got 3 in each leg. It felt so wrong but I couldn't speak up. I told Rafal about the 6 shot ordeal and he swore that she'll never get a shot again. He has no problem denying vaccinations and said that next time, he will go in there with me. (We all know that's not happening as he can get quite rude when it comes to his daughter. Talk about daddy lion protecting his cub)



As of now, Ava is current on her shots and we will keep getting them until I feel comfortable declining them.

And we are helping her along with her push toy.



See my hand? This is totally the type of mother I am.



Ava's Statistics

                                                  

                                                Weight: 20.3 lbs.              25 percentile

                                                Height: 30 1/4 in.              60 percentile