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Well baby visits

• By 1 month (although experienced parents can wait until the next time, 2 months) 
• 2 months
• 4 months
• 6 months
• 9 months
• 1 year
• 15 months
• 18 months
• 2 years
• 3 years
• 4 years
• 5 years
• 6 years
• 8 years
• 10 years
• Each year after that until age 21

Of course, visits and phone calls to a health care provider should be made any time a baby or child seems ill or whenever the parent is concerned about a baby's health or development.

RELATED TOPICS

Physical examination:

• temperature measurement (see also normal body temperature )
• auscultation
• breath sounds
• heart sounds
• percussion
• palpation
• infantile reflexes
• standard ophthalmic exam
• neonatal jaundice

Immunizations:

• immunizations - general overview
• babies and shots
• diphtheria immunization (vaccine)
• pertussis immunization (vaccine)
• tetanus immunization (vaccine)
• DPT immunization (vaccine)
• Hib immunization (vaccine)
• polio immunization (vaccine)
• Hepatitis B immunization (vaccine)
• MMR immunization (vaccine)
• influenza immunization (vaccine)
• pneumococcal immunization (vaccine)
• Hepatitis A immunization (vaccine)  
• varicella (chickenpox) immunization (vaccine)
• meningcococcal (meningitis)  immunization (vaccine)
• Human papilloma virus  (vaccine)

Nutrition:

• diet and intellectual development
• appropriate diet for age
• infant formulas
• breast feeding
• balanced diet
• fluoride in diet
• obesity in children

Growth and development:

• infant - newborn development
• toddler development
• preschooler development
• school age child development
• adolescent development
• developmental milestones
• developmental milestones record - 2 months
• developmental milestones record - 4 months
• developmental milestones record - 6 months
• developmental milestones record - 9 months
• developmental milestones record - 12 months
• developmental milestones record - 18 months
• developmental milestones record - 2 years
• developmental milestones record - 3 years
• developmental milestones record - 4 years
• developmental milestones record - 5 years

Preparing a child for an office visit is much like test and procedure preparation. See:

• infant test/procedure preparation
• toddler test/procedure preparation
• preschooler test/procedure preparation
• school age test/procedure preparation

Review Date: 08/23/2005
Reviewed By: John Goldenring, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.