Well Child Visits
At Children’s Medical Group, we believe that maintaining routine physical visits is essential to the overall well-being of your child. All the well child visits will focus on necessary vaccines, growth, development, nutrition, and mental health. Please refer to the chart below for a description of the vaccines and screening tests that might apply to your child. Please feel free to print and fill out the appropriate screening questionnaire before your child’s appointment.
Age |
Vaccines |
Screening Tests |
Newborn |
Hep B ( if not given at the hospital) |
|
1 month |
Hep B if not given at birth |
Maternal Post-Partum Depression Screening |
2 month |
Vaxelis (DTaP, HIB, Polio, Hep B), Prevnar, Rotavirus |
Maternal Post-Partum Depression Screening |
4 month |
Vaxelis (DTaP, HIB, Polio, Hep B), Prevnar, Rotavirus |
Maternal Post-Partum Depression Screening |
6 month |
Vaxelis(DTaP, HIB, Polio, Hep B), Prevnar, Rotavirus, Hep B, seasonal flu vaccine |
Maternal Post-Partum Depression Screening |
9 month |
seasonal flu vaccine |
Ages & Stages Screen |
12 month |
MMR, Chicken Pox, Hep A (MUST be exactly on or after 1 year birthday), seasonal flu vaccine |
Hematocrit, Lead (if required) |
15 month |
Pentacel (DTaP, HIB, Polio), Prevnar, seasonal flu vaccine |
|
18 month |
Hep A, seasonal flu vaccine |
*Spot Vision test, MCHAT, Ages & Stages Screen |
24 month |
seasonal flu vaccine |
MCHAT,*Spot Vision Test, Hematocrit, Lead (if required) |
30 month |
seasonal flu vaccine |
Ages & Stages Screen. *Spot/Lighthouse Vision Test
|
3 years old |
seasonal flu vaccine |
*Spot/Lighthouse Vision Test |
4 years old |
DTaP, Polio, MMR, Chicken Pox ( MUST be exactly on or after 4 year birthday) |
Hearing/Vision |
5- 8 years old |
seasonal flu vaccine |
Hearing/Vision |
9 years old |
seasonal flu vaccine |
total cholesterol |
10 years old |
seasonal flu vaccine |
|
11 years old |
TdaP, Menactra, HPV, seasonal flu vaccine |
|
12-15 years old |
HPV (if needed), seasonal flu vaccine |
age appropriate teen screen |
16 years old |
Menactra, HPV(if needed), seasonal flu vaccine, Men B Vaccine |
age appropriate teen screen |
17-21 years old |
HPV (if needed), seasonal flu vaccine, TdaP, Men B Vaccine |
age appropriate teen screen, total cholesterol |
*On site Spot Vision test is a state of the art, handheld, portable device designed to help providers quickly and easily detect vision issues on patients from 6 months of age through adult. Lighthouse vision chart uses letters and pictures to evaluate for vision acuity.
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