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    Well-Care Visits

    What is a well-care visit?

    It's important to take your child to the healthcare provider when your child is ill. Or when your child needs an exam to take part in a sport. But routine well-care visits are also advised.

    Well-care, well-baby, or well-child visits are routine visits to your child's healthcare provider for the following:

    • Physical exam

    • Mental health screening

    • Immunization updates

    • Tracking growth and development

    • Finding any problems before they become serious

    • Providing information on health and safety issues

    • Providing information on nutrition and physical fitness

    • Providing information on how to manage emergencies and illnesses

    Your child's healthcare provider can also provide guidance on other issues, such as:

    • Behavioral problems

    • Learning problems

    • Emotional problems

    • Family problems

    • Socialization problems

    • Puberty and concerns about the teen years

    When should well-care visits be scheduled?

    Your child's healthcare provider will give you a schedule of ages when a well-care visit is suggested. The American Academy of Pediatrics advises well-care visits at the following ages:

    • Before a newborn is discharged from the hospital, or at 48 to 72 hours of age

    • 3 to 5 days

    • 2 to 4 weeks

    • 2 months

    • 4 months

    • 6 months

    • 9 months

    • 12 months

    • 15 months

    • 18 months

    • 24 months

    • 30 months

    • Each year, from 3 to 21 years

    Online Medical Reviewer: Dan Brennan MD
    Online Medical Reviewer: Liora C Adler MD
    Online Medical Reviewer: Stacey Wojcik MBA BSN RN
    Date Last Reviewed: 10/1/2022
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    Southern New Mexico
    Surgery Center

    2301 Indian Wells Rd. Suite B
    Alamogordo, NM 88310
    www.snmsc.org

    Phone: 575.437.0890
    Fax: 575.437.0905
    Email: info@snmsc.org

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