potato bugs

naree had her two month check-up this week. she's in the 25% for head size and weight. she's in the 90% for height though! that's our girl! :)

"checken" and "chicken"... same thing!

naree has passed nine pounds now! way to go, baby!

google sucks right now and won't let me post any pictures.
i throw poop at you google!!!

Calling All Parents

Hey, it's Erik, the "worse half". As new parents Ambre and I are looking into all the myriad decisions that need to be made. Right now, vaccines are on our radar. We rejected the hepatitis B shot when Inara was 1 day old(!!!?) because we did not foresee her sharing hypodermic needles with anyone to shoot up heroin. In fact we have trained her since she was but a babe, since we as parents realize we can't stop infants from shooting up heroin, to *always* bring a clean needle with her wherever she goes. Personally, I think our country's public access to clean needles is despicable compared with much more enlightened European nations, and Mongolia.

OK, back to serious!

We are wondering what research/decisions other parents of youngins have made with vaccines, and why, and specifically some resources to help us. We are planning on home schooling, so it is not necessarily required to get all these vaccines in the first place. We have looked into some of the different considerations, such as the fact that many vaccines contain a preservative that contains a type of mercury (those are banned in Iowa except for in flu shots anyway), and I think the biggest question for us at this point is simply whether a 2 month old's immune system can really handle a bunch of vaccines, and what kinds of risks there are to getting the vaccines or not getting them (face it, there are risks to everything...). And then, if we do not agree with the standard vaccine schedule, what (if any) kind of vaccine schedule do we adhere to? We aren't anti-medical, but think it would be irresponsible of ourselves to write a blank check to doctors with the life God has given us to look after, especially with the upsurge in things like allergies, autism, and other odd conditions that weren't as common years ago. However, we're not doctors either and don't have the expertise they do, and do respect the work they do, but they are not infallible. So, if you have any helpful information at all, we'd appreciate it, thanks!