Medical Care & Your Baby

Learn when to get vaccines, check-ups, and more.

• 1 Month Well-Child Checkup
• 2 Month Well-Child Checkup
• 3-to-5 Day Well-Child Checkup
• 4-Month-Old Well-Child Checkup
• 6 Month Well-Child Checkup
• Apnea of Prematurity
• Birth Defects
• Bringing Your Premature Baby Home
• Caring for Your Premature Baby at Home
• Cesarean Sections (C-Sections)
• Choosing a Pediatrician for Your New Baby
• Circumcision
• Cleft Lip
• Cleft Palate
• Cleft Palate With Cleft Lip
• Congenital Cataracts
• Congenital Hypothyroidism
• Craniosynostosis
• Diapering Your Baby
• Erythema Toxicum
• Fetal Abdominal Cyst
• Fetal Lung Mass
• Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER) in Babies
• Gastroschisis
• Getting the Most From a Doctor's Visit
• Getting to Know Your Newborn
• Health Screening Tests
• Heat Rash (Miliaria)
• Hepatitis A Vaccine (HepA) for Kids & Teens
• Hernias
• Hib Vaccine for Kids
• How Can I Comfort My Baby During Shots?
• How Can I Tell if My Baby Is Constipated?
• How Vaccines Help (Video)
• How Vaccines Help: Common Questions
• How to Treat Diaper Rash
• I'm Pregnant. How Can I Avoid Having My Baby Early?
• If Your Baby Has a Birth Defect
• Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Newborns
• Jaundice in Newborns
• Labial Adhesions
• Laundering Your Baby's Clothes
• Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS)
• Medical Care During Pregnancy
• Medical Care and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Medical Care and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Medical Care and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Medical Care and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• Medical Care and Your Newborn
• Miscarriages
• Necrotizing Enterocolitis
• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
• Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS)
• Newborn Brachial Plexus Injuries
• Newborn Screening Tests
• Newborn Well-Child Checkup
• Omphalocele
• Orofacial Clefts
• Penile Torsion
• Polio Vaccines (IPV, OPV) for Kids
• Postpartum Depression
• Prenatal Test: Multiple Marker Test
• Prenatal Test: Ultrasound
• Prenatal Testing: First Trimester
• Prenatal Testing: Second Trimester
• Prenatal Testing: Third Trimester
• Prenatal Tests: FAQs
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Questions to Ask When Your Baby's in the NICU
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
• Rhesus (Rh) Factor Incompatibility During Pregnancy
• Spina Bifida Occulta
• Submucous Cleft Palate
• The First Day of Life
• Torticollis in Infants
• Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
• Trimming Your Baby's Nails
• Umbilical Hernias
• Undescended Testicles (Cryptorchidism)
• Vaccine Safety: Common Questions
• Vaccine Schedule: Vaccines for Children by Age
• Vaccines & Your Child: Common Questions
• What Is the Apgar Score?
• When Your Baby's in the NICU
• Why Do Newborns Need a Vitamin K Shot?
• Your Baby's Care Team in the NICU
• Your Child's Vaccines

Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.

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