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The article presents a series of follow-up examinations your child should go through during the first years of life.





Before the child leaves the hospital:

- general medical examination
- examination if there is any dysplasia of the hip
- examination to check an inborn heart disease
- sight
- muscle tension
- reflex and reaction

6-8 weeks:

- general medical examination
- height, weight and head measurement
- examination if there is any dysplasia of the hip
- examination to check an inborn heart disease
- sight and hearing
- holding head and muscle tension
- reaction

9-12 months:

- weight: general medical examination
- hearing
- psycho-motoric development (change of body position, sitting, holding head, babbling, grabbing)
- examination if there is any dysplasia of the hip
- checking visual acuity and squint

18-24 months:

- body mass, walking and height
- general health condition
- psycho-motoric development (scrawling, building blocks)
- emotions and behavior
- speech and language
- sight and hearing

36-42 months:

- body mass, walking and height
- general health assessment
- psycho-motoric development (drawing crosses, building more sophisticated blocks, differentiating colors)
- emotions and behavior
- speech and language
- sight and hearing

48-66 months

- general medical examination
- body mass and height
- sight and hearing
- development
- emotions and behavior

Medical examinations are performed in children of ages from 0 to 5 years old. Parents should inform a doctor or a nurse about all worrying symptoms they had noticed in their child. During a doctor's visit parents will be informed about all possible changes that may happen or will be warned what to pay attention to.

Caution! Screening examination of hearing

More and more frequently doctors perform screening examination of hearing just after the labor, especially if a baby is premature or if there were cases of poor hearing in the family. It is usually performed between the sixth and ninth month. The screening is quite complicated as it requires cooperation of the child, so if your infant is tired or unwilling to cooperate the test can be a failure or give bad results. That is why parents should be especially sensitive to hearing problems of their child. In case of any doubts they should talk to doctors. It is the parent who is responsible for the whole observation and control over a child, that is why vigilance is important then.


Added by: mary not connected with health care system
Added on: 2008-09-09 10:51:30 , Updated: 2008-09-09 11:30:57
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