five months and growing strong!

Bridget is 5 months now and boy is she growing!!  At her 5 month visit she weighed 15 lbs and 1oz, and was 26 inches long.  We went to our new pediatrician. He is an integrative doctor with degrees in eastern and western medicine. He uses acupuncture in his practice and even teaches patients to meditate.. he is conservative on the vaccines which I like too.  He has an easy going personality and isn't into all of the scores..  All that we know is that Bridget is average in weight and above average in length..  The doctor didn't take out a chart with the percentages.. honestly, we are fine with that.. The best part was surprisingly the shots.. Since Bridget is going to daycare in the near future we have to do some of the shots.  So, the doctor and I spoke and decided which shots she would have. Then the nurse came in and I was singing and playing with Bridget to distract her.. They gave her two shots and I recall when she had these same two at our previous doctors' office.  She bled a lot and was very sad..  This time, she made a sad face after the second shot but didn't cry and didn't bleed. In fact they didn't even need a band aid at all.   First of all, the nurses are very skilled. secondly, they must use very small needles since she didn't bleed.  Boy was I happy and so was Bridget.. I am so thrilled that we switched.  The office is 1/2 hour drive unlike the other that was 5 minutes away, but it does seem worth it..  The doctor was impressed that B hasn't been sick yet since she was a winter baby. We have been so careful with having people wash their hands before holding her and the nursing certainly helps since I pass the antibodies to her.