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
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