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Your Baby Week Eighteen (Four Months Old)

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Updated December 12, 2007

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Four Month Well-Child Check

Your baby will get a thorough checkup and his vaccines and his four-month well child visit.

Your baby will get a thorough checkup and his vaccines at his four-month well child visit with his pediatrician.

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Your baby's four-month checkup will be a lot like her two-month checkup. She will even be getting the same vaccines.

At the four-month checkup with your pediatrician, you can expect:

  • A complete physical exam, with special attention to your baby's hips to check for developmental hip dysplasia.
  • An examination of your infant's growth and development.
  • A review of feeding and sleep schedules.
  • Measurement of his height, weight and head circumference.
  • Counseling for injury prevention.
  • Immunizations: DTaP, HepB, Hib, IPV, Prevnar, and RotaTeq.

The next check up with your pediatrician will be when your baby is six months old.

Ask Your Pediatrician

Remember that your visits to your pediatrician are not simply so that your baby can get her shots. In addition to keeping your baby's vaccines up-to-date, and helping make sure that your baby is growing and developing normally, these visits are an opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have about your baby.

At four months, you might ask:

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