Well Child Checkups
Why Well Child Checkups Are So Important
Preventive care is an important part of your child’s total health care regimen. Children go through a lot of changes very rapidly during their first few years and taking your child to the doctor when he or she is unwell is simply not enough. It is just as crucial to schedule regular well child checkups.
Well child visits allow the pediatrician to monitor and assess your child’s regular development and give you the opportunity to voice your concerns about your child’s development and general well being and raise questions that are otherwise difficult to address during sick visits.
At Pediatric Partners, we consider well child checkups as a crucial part of your child’s total health care. Call our office at 863-293-2144 to make an appointment today and we will schedule it to allow the additional time that is required to assess your child and discuss your concerns.
Behind the Scenes of a Well Child Checkup
When you bring your child in for a doctor checkup, a complete and thorough physical exam will be done to evaluate your child’s growth and development and to determine whether he or she is within the developmental milestone parameters. This allows the pediatrician to recommend corrective measures or make medical referrals to specialists if at all necessary and also to suggest an age-appropriate diet.
Some of the tests and examinations that are typically done during a well child checkup will include:
• Recording your child’s height and weight
• Tracking growth and development
• Auscultation or listening to your child’s heart, lungs and intestines in order to assess the frequency, quality and intensity of sounds
• Vision and hearing tests
• Immunizations
• Neonatal jaundice during the first few visits
• Temperature measurement
• Infantile reflexes during a baby checkup and deep tendon reflexes as your child gets older
• Lead Screening in children less than 3 years or as needed for children over 3 years
What is the Ideal Schedule for Well Child Checkups?
A regular checkup schedule at these milestones is advisable:
• 3-5 days
• 2 weeks
• 1month
• 2, 4, 6 and 9 months
• 1 year, 1 year 3 months and1 year 6 months
• 2 years, 2 years 6 months
• 3 years
An annual health check up is recommended after your child turns 3 years. This will typically include a physical examination in addition to a developmental, behavioral and learning evaluation.
Making a list of your questions and concerns before you bring your child in for a doctor check up will help you focus on your immediate issues and ensure that you get all the information you need.
Well Child Checkups
Why Well Child Checkups Are So Important
Preventive care is an important part of your child’s total health care regimen. Children go through a lot of changes very rapidly during their first few years and taking your child to the doctor when he or she is unwell is simply not enough. It is just as crucial to schedule regular well child checkups.
Well child visits allow the pediatrician to monitor and assess your child’s regular development and give you the opportunity to voice your concerns about your child’s development and general well being and raise questions that are otherwise difficult to address during sick visits.
At Pediatric Partners, we consider well child checkups as a crucial part of your child’s total health care. Call our office at 863-293-2144 to make an appointment today and we will schedule it to allow the additional time that is required to assess your child and discuss your concerns.
Behind the Scenes of a Well Child Checkup
When you bring your child in for a doctor checkup, a complete and thorough physical exam will be done to evaluate your child’s growth and development and to determine whether he or she is within the developmental milestone parameters. This allows the pediatrician to recommend corrective measures or make medical referrals to specialists if at all necessary and also to suggest an age-appropriate diet.
Some of the tests and examinations that are typically done during a well child checkup will include:
• Recording your child’s height and weight
• Tracking growth and development
• Auscultation or listening to your child’s heart, lungs and intestines in order to assess the frequency, quality and intensity of sounds
• Vision and hearing tests
• Immunizations
• Neonatal jaundice during the first few visits
• Temperature measurement
• Infantile reflexes during a baby checkup and deep tendon reflexes as your child gets older
• Lead Screening in children less than 3 years or as needed for children over 3 years
What is the Ideal Schedule for Well Child Checkups?
A regular checkup schedule at these milestones is advisable:
• 3-5 days
• 2 weeks
• 1month
• 2, 4, 6 and 9 months
• 1 year, 1 year 3 months and1 year 6 months
• 2 years, 2 years 6 months
• 3 years
An annual health check up is recommended after your child turns 3 years. This will typically include a physical examination in addition to a developmental, behavioral and learning evaluation.
Making a list of your questions and concerns before you bring your child in for a doctor check up will help you focus on your immediate issues and ensure that you get all the information you need.