What's up Doc???

Charlotte's year old well baby check was on Thursday and sadly I found out she is a year old!! OK just kidding I found out more then that. She is now 21lbs 8oz and 29.8 inches long. She has hit all of her milestones and the doctor said she is doing great. I don't want to be one of those mom's who thinks her kid is a genius and no other baby could be as smart as my kid type of person so what I am about to say is just what the doctor said and it is not me bragging. I thought it was completely normal until she said something. Charlotte is very quick when it comes to learning new words and the doctor said she knows a lot more words then most 12 month old babies. OK there I said it. She picks up on words very easily. She knows Mama, Dada, hi, bye bye, cat, puppy, ba ba (for bottle), eyes, horse, uh oh, bear, there are a few more but I have just hit a blank in my memory. So she is doing really good when it comes to talking. Now on to the shots. as most people know I put Charlotte on my own vaccination schedule. I do believe that vaccinations are very important and they prevent a lot of illness. The problem I have with them is that the CDC and FDA do not do the sort of tests on these vaccinations that I think need to be done. I am perfectly aware that there is no known connection between Autism and vaccinations but at the same time they can not say there isn't some sort of connection. The number of recommended vaccinations for baby and children has climbed along with the rate of children who develop Autism. So it is very scary for me, especially because I have two family members with the condition. So the schedule called for Charlotte to get six vaccinations in four shots. There were two that I had decided that she would defiantly not get (Chicken Pox & Hep A) The chicken pox's one will will not get at all and the hep A she will get before she starts school. The other two pneumococcal and the MMR (measles mumps and rubella). She received the pneumococcal, but the MMR she did not. I have been dreading the MMR shot since she was born. This is the shot that has so much controversy surrounding it. So I did my research and I decided that I would give Charlotte the MMR shot but I want the shots separately and spread out over six months. Well guess what? They no longer make the individual shots. So what is a worried mother to do? I could not give her the MMR shot. I just couldn't do it. So I came home and did a little Internet surfing and went back and read a few different chapters and I have decided to wait until she 2 1/2. I will then give her the MMR shot. This way her brain has time to develop and she will then be covered for the diseases. The doctor said that the individual shots may become available again in the near future and if that happens then she will get them sooner. It is just so scary. 1-150 babies now develop Autism and on top of that we have the condition in our family. I will be very glad once this is over and she has all the shots she needs.