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From Nemours' KidsHealth
- Looking at Your Newborn: What's Normal
- Growth Charts
- Your Child's Immunizations
- What Can I Do to Ease My Child's Fear of Shots?
- Immunization Schedule
- Medical Care and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
- Failure to Thrive
- Medical Care and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
- Common Cold
- Frequently Asked Questions About Immunizations
- Influenza (Flu)
- What's a Nurse Practitioner?
- How to Talk to Your Child's Doctor
- Growth and Your Newborn
- Medical Care and Your Newborn
- Medical Care and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
- Medical Care and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
- Finding a Doctor for Your New Baby
- Preparing Your Child for Visits to the Doctor
- Newborn Screening Tests
- The Risks of Postponing or Avoiding Vaccinations
- Your Child's Checkups
- Sports Physicals
Trusted External Resources
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Trusted Resources
- Delaware’s Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (DSCYF)
- 2012 Child & Adolescent Immunization Schedules (from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; to help foster parents know which vaccines are recommended and when)
- Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
- Healthy Foster Care America (from the American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Delaware’s Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (DSCYF)
Your Child's Checkups
From your baby's long-awaited arrival until those first days of school, you'll be visiting the doctor regularly to make sure that your child is healthy and developing well. It can be tough to remember everything you want to discuss with the doctor and everything the doctor tells you.
These sheets give you a sense of what to expect at each visit and help you keep track of the guidance your doctor provides. Print them out and take them with you!
- Your Child's First Checkup: The Hospital
- Your Child's Checkup: 2 to 4 Weeks
- Your Child's Checkup: 2 Months
- Your Child's Checkup: 4 Months
- Your Child's Checkup: 6 Months
- Your Child's Checkup: 9 Months
- Your Child's Checkup: 12 Months (1 Year)
- Your Child's Checkup: 15 Months
- Your Child's Checkup: 18 Months (11/2 Years)
- Your Child's Checkup: 2 Years
- Your Child's Checkup: 3 Years
- Your Child's Checkup: 4 Years
- Your Child's Checkup: 5 Years
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