Your Child’s Health
Delaware Physicians Care has a program to prevent or identify health problems
for children from birth to age 21. This program is based on regular checkups
for your children even when they are well.
At a Well-Child Check-up your child’s PCP will:
- Do a complete physical
exam
- Check your child’s development and nutrition
- Check your child’s
vision, hearing and teeth
- Give baby shots at different ages
- Do speech, hearing and eye exams
- Do lab work in his/her office or refer your
child to a contracted lab to have the lab work done
- Give you health education
and guidance about your child’s health care
and development
- Prescribe treatment your child may need
Parents should schedule Well-Child
Check-ups as follows:
- First visit at two (2) to three (3) days old
- Six (6) additional visits
during the first year of life
- Two (2) visits in the second year of life
- One (1) visit yearly from age 2
through 5
- One (1) visit every other year from age 6 through 21