6 month check up

Yesterday was Bailey's 6 month check up. She is now 15 pounds, 7 ounces and 26 inches long. She jumped from 25th percentile in height to 50th! I think that's a first for our family, lol. She also went from 75th percentile to 90th percentile in her head circumference so they said they're "watching that," whatever that means. Hopefully she doesn't develop exploding head syndrome from it getting too big too fast, hehe.
Our pediatrician started off by asking me "how do you feel about the flu shot?" to which I replied, "she hasn't been vaccinated at all so no flu shot for her." She seemed surprised so I just went all the way and told her that we are delaying until a year old. She didn't try to talk me out of it and asked why. I told her because of personal preferences and she said "does it have anything to do with the autism link?" DING DING DING! Of course that isn't the only concern, but it's interesting that she brought it up. I told her that we had done the research and that the "autism link" does have something to do with it and we just feel more comfortable having her not vaccinated until a year and even then it would be selective. You could tell she didn't like it and she did suggest getting vaccinations at her next appointment (9 months) but she did not argue with me at all. So I feel very good about our new pediatrician and am happy to have her. Thanks Ashley for recommending her!
In other news, we talked to Mike this morning via AIM. Yesterday we found out that two soldiers had been killed, both from Mike's unit, one from his company. I was really afraid that he knew them and was sad to hear today that he did. One of them was a friend of his and he's highly upset. Apparently they weren't killed in action, it was an accident with the truck they were in that could have been prevented. It's still very sad and Mike is really angry at the people who made the decision to use the faulty truck. He and the other soldiers there need our prayers now more than ever.