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Medical Care/Immunizations
Check-up visits to the doctor for your baby
Right after your baby is born, make an appointment
for your baby's first check-up. This is the time to ask questions about
your baby. The doctors, nurses, nutritionists and social workers are there
to help keep your baby healthy. The first check-up should be done within
the first week.
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Sparrow Health System: Sparrow Women's Services
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Immunizations (baby shots) will be given to protect your baby from serious illness like:
- Rubella
- Mumps
- Whooping Cough
- Diphtheria
- Hepatitis B
- Tetanus
- Polio
- Measles
- HIB
- Varicella
Well-Baby check-ups are done at the following ages:
- 2 months
- 4 months
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 12 months
- 15 months
- 18 months
- 2 years
- yearly
Hepatitis B may be given as early as birth. Click here for an informational brochure on Hepatitis B Vaccine - What you need to know. Provided by the U.S. Department on Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
If you have any questions or doubts, call for help:
- Public Health Nurse
- Home Care Nurse
- Doctor's Office
- Lactation Consultant
See Resources for Help
for phone numbers.
You will need to call the doctor if:
- Baby's temperature is less than 97.5°
- Baby has vomiting, diarrhea, constipation
- Foul odor or drainage from cord or circumcision
- Hard to wake, sleeps through more than 1 feeding after 4 days of age
- Less than 6-8 wet diapers in 24 hours by the 5th day of life
- Baby is having less than 2 bowel movements in 24 hours during the first month
- Baby has trouble breathing
- Baby has a fever
- Cries more than usual
- Your baby's skin turns more yellow
- Your baby's abdomen, arms, or legs are yellow
- The whites of your baby's eyes are yellow
- Your baby is jaundiced and is hard to wake, fussy, or not nursing or taking formula well
Remember, no smoking in the home. Infants and children who live in homes where people
smoke are more likely to have ear infections, allergies, coughs, congestion, and asthma.
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