6-Month Doctor Visit
At your baby's six-month doctor’s visit, they may ask about and/or provide information about:
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Introducing new foods to your baby
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Helping your baby grow/develop
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Maintaining a safe and healthy home for you and your family
For more tips on what to expect and how to care for your baby at six months, click on the PDF.
Baby Development
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Skills such as taking a first step, smiling for the first time, and waving “bye bye” are called developmental milestones.
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Children reach milestones in how they play, learn, speak, act, and move (crawling, walking, etc.).
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Click here to track your baby’s developmental milestones with the CDC’s easy-to-use illustrated checklists, or download it in the CDC’s Milestone Tracker app in the App Store or Google Play.
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Learn more about baby's developmental milestones here.
Infant Vaccines
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Be sure your baby gets their needed vaccines (shots) to protect them from infections. Learn more here.
Source
American Academy of Pediatrics. Bright Futures Handout: Parent 6 Month Visit. https://brightfutures.aap.org
CDC – CDC’s Developmental Milestones. 2019. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html