Well Child Visits
At Watchung Pediatrics, we believe that raising a child is an incredibly rewarding and challenging experience for parents. Our goal is to provide guidance and support to parents to help children reach their full potential.
Well child visits are the cornerstone of happy and healthy children and enable us to give anticipatory guidance, perform important screenings and comprehensive physical exams as well as provide valuable information to parents and children in a timely fashion.
To help keep your children healthy, it is important to bring them into one of our 3 offices for regular check ups and
immunizations, according to our Well Child schedule which is promoted by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Recommended Schedule Of Office Visits
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PRENATAL |
Optional |
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BIRTH or 2 WEEKS |
Hepatitis B, (Vitamin D if Exclusively Breastfeeding) |
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1 MONTH |
Hepatitis B |
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2 MONTHS |
DTaP, IPV, HIB, Prevnar, Rotateq |
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4 MONTHS |
DTaP, IPV, HIB, Prevnar, Rotateq |
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6 MONTHS |
DTaP, HIB, Prevnar, Rotateq
Start Fluoride Vitamins |
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9 MONTHS |
Hepatitis B, Hemoglobin, Lead Testing, Developmental Screening |
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12 MONTHS |
Varivax, Hepatitis A, MMR |
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15 MONTHS |
HIB, Prevnar |
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18 MONTHS |
DTaP, IPV, Hepatitis A, Developmental Screening |
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2 YEARS |
Lead Testing, Hemoglobin |
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30 MONTHS |
Developmental Screening |
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2-6 YEARS |
Lead every year for Family Care insurance |
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4-5 YEARS |
DTaP, IPV, MMR, Varivax |
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5, 10, & 15 YEARS |
Urinalysis |
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11 YEARS & UP |
Tdap, Menactra, HPV (Gardasil) |
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16 YEARS |
Menactra #2 |
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TEENS |
CBC, Electrolytes, Lipids, Thyroid Screen |
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Flu Shots are recommended for infants over 6 months.
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Flumist is recommended for children over 2 without medical problems.
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Hepatitis A series (2) is recommended for all children 1 year of age and older.
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Gardasil series (3) is recommended for all teenagers.
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Yearly check-ups after 3 years of age are necessary to follow growth and development.
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Additional check-ups may be scheduled if the practitioner or parent desires.