Well Child Visits for Children in Rochester, NY
One of the key responsibilities of parents is to make sure their newborns remain healthy from birth.
Besides providing routine health care, well child visits at Genesis Pediatrics are important because they are effective in helping to prevent and detect illnesses and problems before symptoms occur.
Regular pediatric well child visits are intended specifically for children from birth through their teen years. This is a period of rapid growth and change and is the best time to address conditions that can affect their long term overall health and development. All parents have questions, especially first time parents, and the well child visits during the first year of your child’s life are great opportunities to talk with a pediatrician about these questions.
Pediatrician and family interaction
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), an ongoing relationship between a family and their pediatrician is a key requirement of quality health care for children.
It is extremely important to us that your child has a consistent relationship with a single pediatrician. This relationship helps to build a level of trust that is important to achieving effective communication during the well child visit. Additionally, the AAP believes that simply taking a child to the pediatrician when he or she is not feeling well is not sufficient in helping to ensure continued healthy development. Well child visits permit parents to prepare topics for discussion in concert with their child’s examination.
Well Child Visit examination schedule
The frequency of well child visits is generally determined by your health care provider and can vary depending on how experienced the parents are. As mentioned previously, the frequency of visits is intended to make sure your child is developing properly and may follow the schedule listed below. There are guidelines for development on each age group below.
Let us be a part of your family and put your child on a regular well visit schedule at Genesis Pediatrics. Call for an appointment at (585) 426-4100.
An important time for you and your child
Well child visits focus on helping to maintain your child’s health by monitoring a number of important areas to help assure their health and to identify conditions which may not openly manifest themselves. Important aspects of these visits include:
- An evaluation of your child’s growth and development
- A discussion of safety, nutrition, fitness, behavior, school, peer interaction, day to day family life, etc.
- Addressing attention or learning challenges
- A complete physical examination
- Recording your child’s height, weight, and head circumference
- Assessing body mass index (BMI) for identifying and preventing obesity
- Developmental screenings, if appropriate
- Behavioral screenings
- Diseases currently going around that may affect your child
- Age-appropriate screening tests (including hearing, vision, hemoglobin, etc.)
- Age appropriate immunizations
- An opportunity to ask questions
Please be aware that any issues discussed/addressed outside of the normal well child physicals may generate a separate charge to your insurance which, based on your plan, may result in additional fees to you.
Request a Pediatric Appointment Today!
The expertly trained pediatricians at Genesis Pediatrics have extensive experience providing routine care to children throughout the Rochester area. Call (585) 426-4100 to request an appointment at our pediatric office in Rochester, NY.