Your child's general pediatrician is your child's doctor. This is the doctor your child should see for check-ups, shots and illnesses. Should your child develop any problems, your doctor may refer you to a specialist. This specialist is trained in a specific aspect of medicine. Here is where many parents get confused because certain disorders may require your child to see a specialist more often than their Primary Care Physician (PCP). However, your child's primary care physician is still their doctor and needs to see them at least once a year for a checkup. For any issues not related directly to the disorder your child is seeing a specialist for, you should take your child to their PCP. We recommend that your child be seen on the following schedule:

• After Birth (not in hospital)
• 1 month old
• 2 months old
• 4 months old
• 6 months old
• 9 months old
• 12 months old
• 15 months old
• 18 months old
• 24 months old
• Every year after that

Having your child see their doctor every year not only helps them stay healthy, but also helps them become responsible for their own health as they grow up.