Shot through the leg!

Poor little JT got 5 shots on Wednesday and one oral vaccination and has been fussy and not sleeping very well ever since. Before the vaccs he was on a good schedule and was a pretty happy baby, since then he has been fussy and not able to sleep very well, which raises the question in my mind one more time....Is it necessary to have ALL these vaccs?

I know that some of them are life saving, such as the polio vacc, but I think for some others we are just told by Dr's that these are necessary when they may not be. Now don't get me wrong, I'm going to get him all the shots, but only because he won't be exposed to such things as chicken pox when he's little due to all the other children getting the vacc and then later in life it can be deadly if he gets it when he's an adult. I know that there are some speculation out there that some of these vaccs cause autism and other nervous system disorders and I'm wondering if they're right? The only reason I'm now curious is because JT was sleeping GREAT before the shots and he just doesn't seem like himself since. He also ran a high fever for 48+ hours after them, which generated another visit to the Doc and then a warning of hospitalization if it hadn't broke by Friday afternoon. See why I'm just a little skeptical now? When your Dr tells you that "we're going have to go to Cook's Children's Hospital if this fever is not broke with in 2 hours" you start to wonder a little if all these "preventive measures" are really worth putting these little guys through. Hmmmm..that's all I have to say about it.

Well after a week of weather in the lower 80's the temps have finally fallen to a chilly 44 with rain. The humidity here makes it so icy feeling, that 44 seems more like 17, I swear!! Sure would be nice to see a few flakes of snow out the window. It did snow here on Thanksgiving Day, but we only get a few snow days a year here, so I betting the next time we see flakes will be in January or February. It's snowing up north in Wyoming, which makes going there for Christmas so inviting. I do LOVE it when it snows, it's the wind afterwards that I absolutely am loving the break from. The last twenty-five years was a good run and I think we all should experience a different climate at least once in our lives, because different climates bring different cultures, which is always an adventure for the senses.

I got some good pics of JT in the BIG tub...yes he out grew the baby hammock so he's now being bathed in the tub....he just keeps growing, but that's the idea, right!? On Wed he was 9 weeks old, he weighed 11 lbs 11 oz and is 25" long. He's normal for his weight, but on the top end of the charts for his height, obviously my midget gene missed him, ha! ha!

Have a warm week!

Family pic...bad timing on our part...it was JT's nap time, hence the whinny face :-)