Baby Health Checkup

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Summary

There are many new responsibilities when you have a baby. One of them is to make sure that your baby gets regular checkups, which are called well-baby exams. These exams are important in making sure that your baby is growing and developing properly. If there are problems, you can catch them early. This means that there is a better chance for treatment.

During these checkups, your baby will get any needed vaccines and screenings. This is also a good chance to ask your health care provider any questions about how to care for your baby. The provider will let you know how often your baby should get these checkups.

Start Here

• AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) Schedule of Well-Child Care Visits (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• Visiting The Pediatrician: The First Year (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• What Can Parents Expect During Their Infant's Well-Child Visits? (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Also in Spanish
• Your Child's Checkups (Nemours Foundation)

Related Issues

• Finding a Doctor for Your New Baby (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Getting the Most From a Doctor's Visit (Nemours Foundation)

Specifics

• Getting to Know Your Newborn (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Newborn Screening: MedlinePlus Health Topic (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
• Your Baby's First Vaccines (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: Commentary on "The Head Control Scale: Responsiveness and Concurrent Validity With...
• Article: Trends and Determinants of Children's Wasting and Women's Thinness in Chad,...
• Article: Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic...
• Baby Health Checkup -- see more articles

Find an Expert

• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Also in Spanish
• Find a Pediatrician or Pediatric Specialist (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• KidsHealth (Nemours Foundation)

Patient Handouts

• Well-child visits (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Your Baby's First Vaccines: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF