14 Weeks Old

This week Nora went and had her second round of shots. I delayed some and are spacing the rest out so that she never receives more than 2 shots at a time. This means more frequent doctor's appointments but I feel much better about her receiving the vaccines this way than the traditional schedule (in which a child is sometimes administered as many as 6 vaccines on the same day!). Although the link between autism and vaccines has been disproven there are still concerns about the aluminum used in vaccines as well as some that have live animal cells in them. Furthermore, if she were to have a bad reaction to a vaccine it would be difficult to determine which vaccine it was that caused the reaction. I did the same with Henry although I delayed them much longer than I am with her. With Henry being at preschool now he could bring home any number of germs and I want to make sure she's protected. I (obviously) didn't have that concern when Henry was a baby. I also got two vaccines this week - the flu shot and the whooping cough vaccine. Brett got his whooping cough in the hospital as part of their program to make sure all families with newborns are vaccinated. I elected to wait because I've had a bad reaction in the past to the tetanus portion of the vaccine and boy am I glad I did! I had an even worse reaction this time than I did last time. Not something I would have appreciated while recovering from labor as well!

Nora has started to laugh a little bit which is awesome. Not a lot, maybe only 4 or 5 times, but enough for me to get a little preview of what her laugh will sound like. She continues to be a chatterbox! I've tried to get some videos of her talking but haven't been successful as she quiets down when she sees the camera. I'll keep trying. She still hasn't rolled over yet, but she's trying! In that last picture that's what she's doing - trying to roll over. I love it too because you can see all her cute chubbiness!


 I love this picture of her in profile too. She reminds me so much of Henry, but is also definitely different as well. Another shot of her working on her muscle development as well as her mental exercises! :) Look how high she's holding her head up!