Infancy: Birth – 12 months
A time to establish feeding, sleeping, and parenting patterns that will lay the foundation for the future
Your baby will be able to communicate these most important needs and you will begin to find your footing with understanding baby’s cues on ways they prefer to be held, talked to, and cared for.
Newborn – Typically by Day 4 of life after leaving the hospital
Establish feeding routine and discuss breastfeeding or formula questions
Support families as they learn their new role as parents
2 weeks
Goal of having your baby return back to birth weight
Continued support of feeding goals and answering any questions about your growing baby
2nd Newborn screening- Lab drawn as a second standard screening to rule out any genetic abnormalities (1st screening was drawn in hospital)
1 month
Monitor feeding and weight gain
Developmental surveillance to ensure meeting developmental milestones per the CDC (see below)
2 months
Monitor growth, feeding, sleep
Developmental surveillance of milestones per the CDC (see below)
Initiate scheduled immunizations per the CDC vaccine schedule including:
Dtap- diptheria tetanus pertussis
IPV- Polio
Hep B- Hepatitis B
Hib- Haemophilus Influenza
PCV13- Pneumoccocal 13 conjugate
Rotateq- Rotavirus
4 months
Monitor growth, feeding, sleep
Developmental surveillance of milestones
2nd round of vaccines (same as the 2 month appointment)
6 months
Monitor growth, feeding, sleep
Discuss introduction of solids
Developmental surveillance of milestones
3rd round of vaccines (same as the 2 and 4 month appointments)
9 months
Monitor growth, feeding, sleep
Developmental surveillance of milestones
RESOURCES – We follow the CDC (United States Centers for Disease Control) standards for monitoring your child’s milestones. If you wish to track these in detail, here are age-related links:
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