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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 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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