Taylor had her 6 mo check up!

Taylors' check up was on Tuesday and she is doing great! 17lbs 9oz and in the 80% for her weight, and 26 & 3/4 inches she's in the 85% for her height. I can't believe how fast my baby is growing!

She is now old enough for Ibuprofen (infant Advil/Motrin) and it seems to help her teething pain a bit better then Tylenol.

I did not have her vaccinated, and I'm not sure if I will have her vaccinated in the future. Her pediatrician is very supportive and provides information when ever I ask for it. I've been doing more and more research regarding vaccination and risks/benefits, it's odd too me that more extensive studies have not been conducted on their safety and effectiveness. I found an interesting article on the study of vaccines in primate infants causing autism http://www.NaturalNews.com/026827_autism_vaccination_vaccines.html.

Other vaccine info links:
http://www.cure-guide.com/Vaccine_Guide/Vaccine_Guide_excerpts/Vaccines_and_their_diseases/vaccines_and_their_diseases.html
http://www.douglassreport.com/hn_pdfs/tdrppc/vaccines.pdf

http://www.naturalnews.com/026526_health_influenza_vaccines.html

Most of the disease that are being routinely vaccinated against are either eradicated or have little to no chance of causing life long problems such as autism and G.I issues that have been linked with vaccines and the ingredients used to make them. I would encourage any one who has kids or is thinking about vaccinating themselves to educate first. You can find the ingredients to any vaccination by asking your doctor for the package insert, the insert should also contain possible side effects and description of the disease.

Intro

Taylor Paige is my amazing little girl. She was born on October 24 2009. She weighed in at 7lbs 14.2oz and was 19.5inches long!

She is my absolute world and I couldn't imagine life without her.

She is now 6 months old and getting so big and hitting so many milestones that I decided a blog would be a great way to share the milestones and updates as well as keep them recorded for myself.

Taylor has been sitting up unsupported since she was just under 5 months and has been teething since she was about 2.5 months. Her two bottom teeth are visible but not quite there, any day now!

She does not like to be on her tummy and will either roll over (started at 4.5 months) or scream at me until I move her so we don't have much progress in the crawling department, however she LOVES to stand and she is moving her legs like she's going to get up and walk at any moment!

Taylor has been exclusively breastfed up until monday 4/19/10 when we started introducing foods. We tried rice cereal for a few days and she did not care for it at all! She loved my cream of wheat so we switched to that. We tried squash on 4/25 and she also loved it! Technically though, her first food was sherbert, I started sharing with her at about 4.5 months because her gums were hurting and the cold spoon helped.

Tayor has always been a talker! She very rarely cried as a newborn, but would "talk" even in her sleep, now she babbles all the time. She is learning new sounds everyday and LOVES to copy simple sounds that myself or my husband make.

Recently, she has started to throw little fits that I can only describe as temper tantrums. If I take her toy or make her stop playing for whatever reason or even if I walk away when she wants me, or she's fighting sleep but losing, she will yell, arch her back and throw a fit. They usually only last about a minute or two and I'll just leave her be until she's finished. If I'm holding her when she does this I'll put her down until she stops.

Taylor is a big girl, she's already wearing size 9 month clothes in most brands/styles. She has her 6 month check up tomorrow and I'm anxious to see how big she is, at her 4 month check up she was 15lbs and only 3 weeks later she was 16lbs 4oz, she grows fast!