Shots and pills

Mini-Me got her first round of shots on Friday, and she has been a major pill ever since - maybe they forgot to give her the twerp vaccination.

Really, most of the time I am more sympathetic, but I have been short lately after much inconsolable shrieking, constant feeding and clinginess, and sleep in one-hour shots for three days. Thank goodness the sweet temperament is starting to come back.

The timing of this is particularly terrible, since for the past week my milk supply has been inadequate and I am trying to bulk up. I decided a few days ago to go off the Pill and to start taking Fenugreek, in the hopes that it will up my production a little more. Add to it that I had to throw out my entire stash of frozen milk and now I'm trying to get ahead, and it translates to a real toll on my body and mind.

Fortunately, Mini-Me is just getting to the point where she can entertain herself. She is starting to enjoy time on the toy mat, and has been hanging out alone in her swing, awake, for the past two hours, staring at a toy that I hung from the top of the swing.

Before Mini-Me was born, I spent a lot of time looking for a pediatrician who is flexible about vaccinations, since I did not want to be locked into the CDC's guidelines for baby immunizations. This is what we decided to do:

• Hep B - skip until required for school or until age 10
• Chicken Pox - may skip until school age as long as Papa can get vaccinated
• Rotavirus - skipping entirely
• Hib and DTaP @ two months
• IPV and PCV @ three months
• Hib and DTaP @ four months
• IPV and PCV @ five months...

and so on.

I found this book particularly helpful when I was investigating immunizations.