A well-child visit is the one appointment that happens whether or not anything is wrong, and it is where most of the durable work of pediatrics gets done: catching a developmental delay early enough to matter, tracking growth against a curve rather than a moment, and keeping immunizations on schedule.
This section explains what actually happens at each visit from newborn through eighteen years. It covers the vaccines due at each age and why they land when they do. It covers the screenings, including vision, hearing, hemoglobin, lead, and cholesterol, and the ages at which each is recommended. It covers the developmental and mental health questionnaires, including ASQ-3, M-CHAT, and the anxiety and depression screens that begin in the preteen years.
If you want the whole schedule in one place, the complete well-visit schedule lists all twenty-eight visits with the vaccines, screenings and questionnaires due at each one.
At Rising Star Pediatrics these visits happen in your home or by telehealth, and they are not rushed. A well visit is a conversation about how your child is actually doing, which takes longer than the time an insurance-based schedule allows for it.
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