Resources
Everything you need before, during and after a visit
A plain-language guide to the well-visit schedule and what actually happens in the exam room — so nothing about your child’s care feels like a surprise.
The schedule
Well-visit checkups, newborn to 18
Dr. Williams follows the American Academy of Pediatrics schedule. Visits are frequent in the first two years — when growth moves fastest — then settle into one checkup a year.
- 3–5 days
- First visit after the hospital — weight, feeding, jaundice check.
- 1 month
- Growth, sleep and feeding patterns; first round of questions answered.
- 2 & 4 months
- Rapid-growth checks and the first vaccine series.
- 6 & 9 months
- Solid foods, teething, crawling and early milestones.
- 12 & 15 months
- Walking, first words, weaning, iron and lead screening.
- 18 months & 2 years
- Autism and developmental screening, speech, behavior.
- 2½ & 3 years
- Potty training, preschool readiness, vision and hearing.
- 4 & 5 years
- Kindergarten forms, immunizations, school-readiness check.
- 6–11 years, yearly
- Annual physical, sports clearance, learning and attention.
- 12–18 years, yearly
- Adolescent visit — mood, anxiety, confidentiality, sports forms.
Sick visits, sports physicals and follow-ups are scheduled as needed and don’t replace a well visit.
In the room
What happens at a well-check
A typical checkup runs about 20–30 minutes and moves through five stages. You can stop at any point to ask a question — that’s what the time is for.
Height, weight and growth
Measurements are plotted on your child’s own growth curve — the trend over time matters far more than any single number.
Head-to-toe exam
Heart, lungs, ears, throat, eyes, belly, skin, joints — a full physical check, narrated as she goes so kids know what’s coming.
Development and milestones
Age-appropriate screening for speech, motor skills, learning and — for older kids and teens — mood and anxiety.
Vaccines and screenings
Any due immunizations, plus hearing, vision, anemia or lead screening depending on age. Nothing is given without explaining it first.
Your questions
Sleep, feeding, screens, school, behavior — bring the list. This is the part of the visit she protects most.