Tuesday, June 13, 2006

I caved....



Okay, so I don't know if any of you know that we were actually contemplating whether or not to get Jayla immunization. I have been doing some research as well as speaking to the chiropractor on his views and he actually provided us with some very good information. I was going to go into today's appointment (2 month with the doctor) with the decision that we are undecided at this point. I wanted to do some more reading before we made the decision. Well, that didn't sit well with the doctor. He proceeded to tell me about a 3 month old baby who wasn't immunization - this baby contracted (if that's the right word) meningitis. The baby was in the hospital being observed, everything checked out etc. By 4am the doctor sent the baby home with mom & dad, and by 11am the baby had died. They did not know it was meningitis at the hospital. So at this point (after basically being guilted into it, and after the 'it's the best thing for your child' speech) I caved. I said, well, I guess you''re not going to let me out of this office without it....and I cried. I cried because I wish I had more knowledge to base my decision on. I wish that I wasn't so weak, but all I could think was, I don't want my baby to be that 3 month old, who's mom didn't immunize her and ended up dying. And I cried at that....the thought of my baby dying and living with the fact that I could have saved her by allowing the nurse to give her these needles. I hugged and kissed her and told her how much I loved her and that I hope that mommy made the best decision possible for her. Then I brought her home, gave her some baby tempra, swaddled her up and rocked her to sleep, in my arms. She's now sleeping quite peacefully.

Anyway, on a positive note, she is still growing - and luckily, her weight gain is slowing down a bit. She was 11lb 11oz today - at 2 months old exactly. It's June 13th and she was born on April 13th...

As for her sleeping - she had gone back to sleeping 3.5-4 hours at a time...(for the first sleep of the night) and last night - another 5 hour sleep. We finally got her to sleep at 11:30 and she slept till 4:30am...so, I was happy about that. Maybe that will become more consistent. I ordered a swaddleme sleep sac that's supposed to help keep them swaddled with their arms down for longer and maybe that will help. I know this is going to sound like we're horrible parents, but we actually put a piece of tape at the end of the blanket (just at the tail) to secure it and to prevent her from wiggling out of it. So, this little sac actually has velcro and little tabs that stay shut. So, let's see if she stays in it and stays sleeping longer than 4 hours...

Well, I guess that's all for now.

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