What to Expect During Well-Child Visits: Milestones and Assessments

Stonebridge Pediatrics is here to support your child’s growth and health journey. We provide well-child visits in McKinney, TX, to track your child’s development from infancy through their school years. During each visit, Dr. Jeffrey Alvis, Dr. Kathleen Dollins, and Dr. Yvette Cebrian will monitor key milestones, ensuring your child thrives at each stage.

Physical Milestones

When parents think of milestones, physical development often comes to mind. During well-child visits, we’ll measure your child’s height, weight, and growth progress and check reaction times and reflexes. Tracking these aspects helps us identify any early concerns and guides fostering your child’s healthy physical development.

Cognitive Changes

Alongside physical milestones, cognitive and intellectual progress is crucial to our assessments. Are they reaching milestones like counting and recognizing letters at the expected age? Every child develops at their own pace, but if there are any notable delays, our well-child visits offer an opportunity to catch them early and introduce supportive strategies.

Emotional Experiences

Emotional development is just as vital as physical and cognitive growth. Early well-child visits may not show many emotional milestones, but as your child grows, we’ll look for signs that indicate they’re progressing emotionally. For example, by around 18 months, your child may show more emotional awareness, which we can help support if they need additional guidance.

Other Milestones

During each visit, our team will assess a variety of other developmental areas, including:

• Language and communication: Are they making sounds or beginning to talk?
• Reactions: Are they responding appropriately to stimuli, like loud noises?
• Social cues: Do they calm down when you talk or look at you when addressed?
• Emotional milestones: Are they smiling or reacting positively to familiar faces?
• Movement milestones: Are they reaching age-appropriate motor skills?

Contact Us to Schedule a Well-Child Visit

Stonebridge Pediatrics, led by Drs. Alvis, Dollins, and Cebrian are dedicated to keeping your child healthy and helping them reach their developmental milestones. For trusted pediatric care in McKinney, TX, call us at (214) 544-2555 to schedule your child’s next well-child visit.