Routine infant care

Last reviewed: 9 Apr 2025
Last updated: 02 Apr 2024

Summary

Details

  • Well-child examinations
  • Developmental milestones
  • Hearing screening
  • Vision screening
  • Immunization
  • Vitamin/nutrient supplementation
  • Blood pressure screening
  • Newborn care
  • Teething and oral health
  • Sleep pattern disorders
  • Circumcision
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Contributors

Authors

Tara M. Randis, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Chief of the Division of Neonatology

Vice Chair of Research

Department of Pediatrics

University of South Florida

Tampa

FL

Disclosures

TMR declares that she has no competing interests.

Erica E. ElSeed Peterson, MD, FAAP

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Neonatology

Department of Pediatrics

University of South Florida

Tampa

FL

Disclosures

EEEP declares that she has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Tara M. Randis and Dr Erica E. ElSeed Peterson would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr James R. Hanley, a previous contributor to this topic. JRH declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Deborah Campbell, MD

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Chief of Neonatology Children’s Hospital at Montefiore

Bronx

NY

Disclosures

DC declares that she has no competing interests.

Lorayne Barton, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Pediatrics/Neonatology

LAC+USC Medical Center

Los Angeles

CA

Disclosures

LB declares that she has no competing interests.

References

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Key articles

Hagan JF, Shaw JS, Duncan PM, eds. Bright Futures: guidelines for health supervision of infants, children, and adolescents, 4th ed. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2017.Full text

Zubler JM, Wiggins LD, Macias MM, et al. Evidence-informed milestones for developmental surveillance tools. Pediatrics. 2022 Mar 1;149(3):e2021052138.Full text  Abstract

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Committee opinion no. 778: newborn screening and the role of the obstetrician gynecologist​. May 2019 [internet publication].Full text

World Health Organization. WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience. Mar 2022 [internet publication].Full text

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Child and adolescent immunization schedule by age: recommendations for ages 18 years or younger, United States, 2024. Nov 2023 [internet publication].Full text

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