Infant
Check-ups and Vaccinations
When should my baby be seen by a doctor?
Immunizations your baby needs:
DTaP: Protects against diphetheria, tetanus (lockjaw), and pertussis (whooping cough)
Hib: Protects against haemophilus influenza type b
Polio: Protects against polio. This vaccine is given as a shot.
MMR: Protects against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles)
Chickenpox: Protects against chickenpox.
*All information obtained from http://www.nchealthystart.org/public/babycare/check-up.htm
Know when to take your baby to the doctor:
Sources:
When should my baby be seen by a doctor?
- 2-4 days after delivery
- Age 1 month
- Age 2 months
- Age 4 months
- Age 6 months
- Age 9 months
- Age 12 months
- Age 15 months
- Age 18 months
- Age 24 months
- Every year afterwards until the age of 21.
Immunizations your baby needs:
- Birth to two months: Hep B
- 1 to 4 months: Hep B
- 2 months: DTaP, Hib, Polio
- 4 months: DTaP, Hib, Polio
- 6 months: DTaP, Hib, Hep B
- 12 months: MMR, Hib, Polio, Chickenpox
- 15 months: DTaP
DTaP: Protects against diphetheria, tetanus (lockjaw), and pertussis (whooping cough)
Hib: Protects against haemophilus influenza type b
Polio: Protects against polio. This vaccine is given as a shot.
MMR: Protects against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles)
Chickenpox: Protects against chickenpox.
*All information obtained from http://www.nchealthystart.org/public/babycare/check-up.htm
Know when to take your baby to the doctor:
- There is swelling or drainage from the eyes, belly button, or circumcision
- Cannot stay awake while feeding
- Vomiting two full meals in 24 hours
- Skin that looks yellow in the sunlight
- Less than six wet diapers in 24 hours (after the first few days of life)
- No bowel movements for more than 24 hours
- Diarrhea that is mostly water
- Breathing that is very fast and baby is turning bluish in color
- Very irritable and cannot be calmed down and/or crying that will not stop
- Thrush (white patches in the mouth that cannot be wiped away)
- Soft spot that is raised or sunken in
- Changes in eating
- Temperature that is greater than 99 degrees (taken under the arm)
- You do not have a good feeling about your baby’s well-being
Sources:
- http://www.verybestbaby.com/MyBaby/Healthy.aspx?ArticleId=1cce09ef-25bb-4e38-9b94-5022c58a2aca
- http://www.cispimmunize.org/IZSchedule_Childhood.pdf
- http://health.state.ga.us/publications/growthdev/topic6.asp
- http://www.sghs.org/body.cfm?id=143
- http://children.webmd.com/tc/growth-and-development-newborn-routine-checkups
- http://www.webmd.com/content/article/92/101569.htm
Disclaimer: This information is meant for educational purposes only and cannot replace medical advice. Contact your doctor about any concerns you have.