About Well-Child Checks
Well-child checks (healthy checkups) are important visits to monitor children’s health, growth, development, and behavior. They are also opportunities to address your questions and concerns and discuss what to anticipate with your child’s future. Vaccines are another important component of healthy checkups. Our physicians strongly recommend vaccinating all children according to the recommended guidelines to help create healthy kids and communities.
Visit Age = By 1 week
- Weight check
- Feeding check
- Hepatitis B (if not given in hospital)
Visit Age = 2 weeks
- Weight check
- Feeding check
- State newborn screen
- Hepatitis B (if not given in hospital or at first visit)
Visit Age = 1 month
- Weight check
- Discuss Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Visit Age = 2 months
- Weight check
- Hepatitis B
- Pentacel
- Pneumococcal
- Rotavirus (by mouth)
Visit Age = 4 months
- Weight check
- Pentacel
- Pneumococcal
- Rotavirus (by mouth)
Visit Age = 6 months
- Weight check
- Hepatitis B
- Pentacel
- Pneumococcal
- Rotavirus (by mouth)
- Starting at 6 months of age, all patients should get an annual influenza vaccine in fall/winter. They should also start the COVID series per CDC, ACIP, and OHA recommendations.
- Well child health screen
- Postnatal depression screen
- Home safety checklist
Visit Age = 9 months
- Fluoride varnish (if patient has teeth)
Visit Age = 12 months
- Vision screen
- Hemoglobin level
- Lead level
- Fluoride varnish (if patient has teeth)
- Hepatitis A
- MMR
- Pneumococcal
- Varicella
Visit Age = 15 months
- Hemoglobin level (if low at 12 months)
- Fluoride varnish
- Hib
- DTaP
Visit Age = 18 months
Visit Age = 2 years
- Vision screen
- Lead level
- Fluoride varnish
Visit Age = 2½ years
Visit Age = 3 years
- Vision screen
- Fluoride varnish
- Blood pressure check
Visit Age = 4 years
- Hearing screen
- Vision screen
- Fluoride varnish
- Blood pressure check
- MMR
- DTaP
- Varicella
- Polio
Visit Age = 5 years
- Hearing screen
- Vision screen
- Fluoride varnish
- Blood pressure check
Visit Age = 6-10 years, annually
- Hearing screen (6, 8 & 10 years)
- Vision screen
- Lipid panel screen (once between 9-11 years)
- Fluoride varnish
- Blood pressure check
- Well child health screen: 7-8 years or 9-10 years
- Sports pre-participation questionnaire
Visit Age = 11-13 years, annually
- Hearing screen (12 years)
- Vision screen
- Lipid panel screen (once between 9-11 years)
- Blood pressure check
- Tdap
- Meningococcal
- HPV (2- or 3-shot series based on age)
Visit Age = 14+ years, annually
Patients 14+ must provide approval for disclosure of their health information according to Oregon law.
- Hearing screen (16 years)
- Vision screen
- Lipid panel screen (once between 16-18 years)
- Blood pressure check
- STD/HIV screen (16-18 years)
- Meningococcal booster (at or after age 16)
- Option of meningococcal B vaccine (at or after age 16)
Our Comfort Promise
Immunizations offer a great opportunity for your child to learn healthy ways to cope with discomfort and stress. Learn more about Our Comfort Promise to You and ways you can help prepare your child ahead of his or her appointment.
If, at any point during your visit, you think your child might need extra support for a needle poke or other medical procedure, please let us know!
Vaccine Information Sheets
Definitions
- Hemoglobin = checks for anemia
- Lipid panel screen = checks cholesterol and triglyceride levels
- DTaP = combination vaccine containing diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough)
- Hib = Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine
- HPV = Human papillomavirus vaccine
- MMR = combination vaccine containing measles, mumps, and rubella
- Pentacel = combination vaccine containing DTaP, polio, and Hib
- Tdap = booster of tetanus and pertussis
- Varicella = chickenpox vaccine
