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Childhood vaccination and check-up schedule in the United States, by age

What is coming for your child in the United States, and when: the routine vaccines and screening checks delivered by your pediatrician, following CDC and AAP guidance, in age order from birth to 18. It is the same schedule the app uses to remind you to book.

Optional. The table adds an expected date to every row and marks the next visit. Nothing is sent; it runs in your browser.

AgeWhat is due
At birthHepatitis B, RSV. Newborn bloodspot, hearing, CCHD pulse oximetry, bilirubin and red reflex.
Age 3–5 daysFirst well-child visit: feeding, weight, jaundice.
Age 1 monthHepatitis B (dose 2). Growth check. Maternal depression screening.
Age 2 monthsDTaP, IPV, Hib, PCV, rotavirus. Growth check.
Age 4 monthsDTaP, IPV, Hib, PCV, rotavirus
Age 6 monthsDTaP, PCV, rotavirus (if 3-dose), hepatitis B (dose 3), IPV (dose 3). Yearly flu (and COVID per CDC) from this age. Oral health / fluoride.
Age 9 monthsDevelopmental screening (ASQ). Anemia and lead risk assessment.
Age 12 monthsMMR, varicella, PCV booster, Hib booster, hepatitis A (dose 1). Lead screening.
Age 15 monthsDTaP (dose 4)
Age 18 monthsAutism screening (M-CHAT). Hepatitis A (dose 2).
Age 24 monthsAutism screening (M-CHAT, 2nd). BMI tracking begins.
Age 30 monthsDevelopmental screening.
Age 3 yearsVision screening and blood pressure. Yearly from this age.
Age 4–6 yearsDTaP, IPV, MMR, varicella (pre-school). Hearing and school readiness.
Age 6 yearsYearly well-child visit (BMI, blood pressure, vision and hearing).
Age 9–11 yearsLipid / cholesterol screening.
Age 11–12 yearsTdap, HPV, MenACWY. Yearly adolescent health, depression, and substance-use screening from this age.
Age 16 yearsMenACWY booster, MenB series. HIV/STI screening. Lipid screening (young adult).

Source: Ages follow the CDC/ACIP immunization schedule and AAP Bright Futures periodicity schedule, retrieved 2026-08-14. Windowed ages are booked at the start of the window. Yearly items (flu, well-child visits) appear at the age they start, not as a new card every year.

This page is a reminder to book, not a medical record and not medical advice. Ages follow the official publication as of the date shown; what your child actually needs is decided at the clinic.

This schedule, worked out for your child's birthday

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How to read the schedule

Each row is one visit: the age it is planned for and what happens in it, vaccines and screening checks together, because both need an appointment. Where the official schedule gives an age window (12 to 15 months, say) the table places the visit at the start of the window, so a reminder arrives before it closes rather than after. Booster doses appear at the age they are given, not next to the first dose.

We missed a date. Do we start over?

Usually not. An interrupted series is completed from where it stopped, on a catch-up plan the clinic sets. What matters is not to delay the catch-up: the younger the child, the more a gap without protection counts. Note what has been done and bring the record to the next visit.

Worth asking at the visit

Whether any doses are missing against your record, when the next one is due, and whether the schedule has changed since last time: national schedules are revised every few years, new vaccines are added and doses move. The table on this page was taken from the official source on the date shown below; the clinic is always the current word.

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