Wellness Child Checkup Schedule

The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued recommendations for preventive pediatric health care. This is the guideline most pediatricians use to dictate how often your child should come in for a checkup. Wellness baby visits happen frequently in their first few weeks and months of life, but then checkups taper back to an annual visit. Refer to the schedule below for more details.

Birth to 1 year:

• Newborn

• 3-5 days or 2-3 days after leaving the hospital

• 2 weeks for a newborn screening visit

• 1 month

• 2 months

• 4 months

• 6 months

• 9 months

• 12 months

1-5 years old:

• 15 months

• 18 months

• 24 months

• 30 months

• 3 years

4-21 years old:

• Annual visit