Essential Childhood Well-Care Visits
Skylands Pediatrics is directed by five amazingly skilled pediatric medical professionals, Dr. Carol Calabrese, Dr. Inna Meskin,
Dr. Alexis Capozzoli, Renee Thomas, APN and Joe Larena, FNP who care for the healthcare needs of the children in and around the Sparta area.
Our parents have many questions about well-care visits for their child, so our doctors wish to explain to parents well-care visits and why they are so vital to the health of your child.
Well-Care Visits
You must schedule your child's well-care visit yearly to monitor their growth and development. These visits are different from sick visits. If your child becomes ill between well-care visits, you make an appointment for us to see your child as soon as possible.
At well-visits, Skylands Pediatrics in Sparta, NJ, inform you about health-safety-nutrition- physical fitness-illnesses-diseases- and how to manage emergencies. The benefit of well-visits is preventing disease, illness, and impending health problems before they become serious.
These visits are an excellent time for you to talk to us about concerns you have about your child, such as behavioral-learning-emotional-family, socialization-and, and puberty concerns.
What does the doctor do during a well-child visit?
- Physical Examination
- Immunizations
- Review of meeting milestones
- Blood pressure
- Weight-Measure
- Heart rate
- Oxygen levels
- Lung-Heart sounds
- Check eyes-ears-throat-mouth
- Palpitate abdomen
- Check hips-legs
Recommended well-care schedule
- 3–5 days after birth
- One month
- Two months
- Four months
- Six months
- Nine months
- 12 months
- 15 months
- 18 months
- 24 months
- 30 months
- 3 years
- 4 years
- Yearly for school physicals
Immunizations may or may not be due during well-visits. Our doctors can give you a vaccination schedule as recommended by the CDC.
We compare your child's growth and development with most children their age. If your child doesn't meet essential milestones, we will discover why through testing and monitoring your child.
Behavioral screening involves different screening tests. You may supply answers about your child's development-social interactions-language skills-gross and fine motor skills-flexibility-walking-jumping-and their ability to move small muscles. Standard tests could include,
- Age/Stage questionnaire
- PEDS
- CDI
- M-CHAT
Your concerns during a well visit are important. There are five top questions to ask your doctor.
- How do I deal with a picky eater?
- How much is sufficient sleep?
- Should I be concerned with my child's mental health and behaviors?
- Is my child's growth-weight-height healthy?
- Is my child on schedule for their vaccines?
Contact Us Today
Call any of our five outstanding pediatric medical professionals, Dr. Carol Calabrese, Dr. Inna Meskin, Dr. Alexis Capozzoli, Renee Thomas, APN and Joe Larena, FNP, at Skylands Pediatrics in Sparta, NJ at (973) 729-2197 to make an appointment for your child's next well-care visit.