Medical Care & Your Baby

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

• Apnea of Prematurity
• Birth Defects
• Bringing Your Premature Baby Home
• COVID-19: How to Protect Babies
• 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
• Common Questions About Vaccines
• Congenital Cataracts
• Congenital Hypothyroidism
• Craniosynostosis
• Diapering Your Baby
• Erythema Toxicum
• Fetal Abdominal Cyst
• Fetal Lung Mass
• Gastroschisis
• Getting the Most From a Doctor's Visit
• Getting to Know Your Newborn
• Health Screening Tests
• Hernias
• How Can I Comfort My Baby During Shots?
• How Can I Tell if My Baby Is Constipated?
• How Vaccines Help (Video)
• 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
• 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
• Newborn Brachial Plexus Injuries
• Newborn Screening Tests
• Omphalocele
• Orofacial Clefts
• Penile Torsion
• Postpartum Depression
• Prenatal Test: Multiple Marker Test
• Prenatal Test: Ultrasound
• Prenatal Tests: FAQs
• Prenatal Tests: Second Trimester
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Questions to Ask When Your Baby's in the NICU
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
• Rh 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 Schedule
• Well-Child Visit: 1 Month
• Well-Child Visit: 2 Months
• Well-Child Visit: 3 to 5 Days
• Well-Child Visit: 4 Months
• Well-Child Visit: 6 Months
• Well-Child Visit: Newborn
• What Is the Apgar Score?
• What to Do About Diaper Rash
• 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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