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The 18-month checkup: what to expect and what to ask
The visit with the autism screening. What that involves, what else gets checked, and the questions worth arriving with.
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The 1-month checkup: what to expect and what to ask
What the one-month visit covers, the questions worth arriving with, and the one threshold at this age that is absolute rather than a judgement call.
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The 4-month checkup: what to expect and what to ask
The visit where solids, sleep and rolling all come up at once. What gets checked and the questions worth bringing.
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The 15-month checkup: what to expect and what to ask
A quieter visit that is mostly about language and behaviour. What gets checked and what to raise.
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The 6-month checkup: what to expect and what to ask
Half a year in. What the visit covers, the teeth conversation that starts earlier than people expect, and what to ask.
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The 9-month checkup: what to expect and what to ask
The first formal developmental screening. What that actually means, what gets checked, and what to ask.
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The 12-month checkup: what to expect and what to ask
One year. Cow's milk, the first dental visit, and the questions worth bringing to the visit.
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The 2-month checkup: what to expect and what to ask
The first big immunisation visit. What gets checked, what to ask, and how to handle the rest of that day.
When it happens
Your baby was sleeping, and suddenly isn't
Why sleep breaks at four months and doesn't go back, what the later disruptions at 8–10 months and 18 months are actually tracking, and how to tell an ordinary bad fortnight from something worth a call.
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The 2-year checkup: what to expect and what to ask
The second autism screening, the language thresholds, and what else the two-year visit covers.
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The 3-year checkup: what to expect and what to ask
Blood pressure joins the routine and vision gets tested if she will cooperate. What to expect and what to ask.
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The 4-year checkup: what to expect and what to ask
The visit that properly checks the eyes, plus the pre-school immunisations. What to expect and what to ask.
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The 5-year checkup: what to expect and what to ask
The school-readiness visit. What gets checked, what schools actually care about, and what to ask.
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Developmental toys by age: what actually helps (and what's just marketing)
An honest guide to developmental toys — what's age-appropriate at each stage, what the research actually says (interaction beats any toy), and how to skip the “educational” hype without overspending.
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Your child has a fever: what the number actually means
A fever is the immune system doing its job, not the emergency itself. What to read instead of the thermometer, the one age where the number is absolute, why the cooling folklore is wrong, and what febrile seizures really are.
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Everyone says it's teething, but you're not sure
What teething actually does, what gets blamed on it and shouldn't be, which remedies are safe, and why 'it's just teeth' is the most useful wrong answer in parenting.
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Starting solids: the gear you actually need (and what to skip)
A no-fluff guide to the gear for starting solids — when babies are usually ready, the short list that covers it, choking-safety basics, and what to leave your pediatrician to decide.
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Baby sleep regressions: what they are, when they hit, and what actually helps
A calm, non-clinical guide to baby sleep regressions — why they happen, the ages they tend to hit, what genuinely helps (and what to avoid), and when it's worth a call to your pediatrician.
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Baby teething: the signs, what helps, and what to skip
A practical, safety-first guide to teething — when it starts, how to tell, what genuinely soothes sore gums, and the popular “remedies” to avoid (amber necklaces, benzocaine gels).
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Everyone else's baby is doing it and yours isn't
What the milestone checklists actually mean since they changed, why 'wait and see' is often the wrong default, how to request an evaluation yourself, and the one pattern that is never worth waiting on.