Well Child

Forest Hills Pediatrics is committed to the concept of a "Medical Home." This means that patients and families can expect our providers to develop a long-term relationship that provides preventive care, sick care, hospital care, and 24-hour on call services for emergencies.
We provide services from infancy through adolescence and work with you to ensure the appropriate use of subspecialty consultation and referrals. We will interact with the school and community agencies on behalf of your children when it is necessary. Because of these interactions we can keep a central record containing all pertinent medical information.
Part of this relationship involves Health Supervision or "Well Child Visits." These are regularly scheduled appointments where we discuss age appropriate developmental issues or school performance, family issues including an updated family disease history, behavioral expectations, growth and nutrition, and age related safety issues. Your child will have a head to toe physical exam including vision and hearing screening. If additional screening tests are needed they will be done in the office or at an appropriate facility. Your child's immunization record will be reviewed and immunizations will be given following the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the US Center for Disease Control.
During infancy we routinely recommend visits at the ages of: 2 weeks, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 15 months, and 18 months.
Toddlers and young children should have visits scheduled for 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, and 6 years.
We recommend that children between 6 and 12 years old have a well-child appointment at least every two years - 8 years, 10 years, and 12 years. A yearly health supervision appointment is recommended for any child that has a chronic disease such as asthma, allergies (requiring chronic medications), diabetes, ADHD, obesity or nutritional concerns, a history of prematurity, heart disease, Down syndrome or other genetic conditions. Children participating in organized sports may also require a yearly exam.
We recommend that teenagers have yearly health supervision exams. We encourage parents to accompany teenagers to our office. We suggest, however, the adolescents be seen by the physician alone to allow open discussion of concerns. This gives your child the opportunity to establish a good doctor-patient relationship as they move into adulthood. We will address parental concerns after the exam. We provide care for your child through age 20.