Your child is required to have a physical exam before starting school.

You can share with your child that a medical professional may:
•	record height and weight
•	take your child’s blood pressure
•	draw blood for hemoglobin (iron) and lead tests
•	screen vision and hearing 

Immunizations must be up to date when school starts.
Children 4 years old and under need:
•	4 DPT, 3 Polio, 3 Hepatitis B, 1 MMR, 1 Varicella (or proof of chickenpox)
•	4 Hib, Completed series of Pneumococcal conjugate
Children 4 years to 6 years old need: 
•	5 DPT, 4 Polio, 3 Hepatitis B, 2 MMR, 2 Varicella (or proof of chickenpox) and 4 Hib

Letting your child know what may take place during a visit to the pediatrician’s office could help ease fears. Some ideas about how to prepare your child include:

  
•	Make up silly songs: “This is how the nurse weighs you..." 
•	If you have a scale and a tape measure, you can weigh and measure your child, and they can weigh and measure dolls or stuffed animals
•	Encourage your child to play doctor with dolls or stuffed animals

Your library might have some fun books:

•	I’m Getting a Checkup by Marilyn Singer
•	ABC Doctor by Liz Murphy
•	Doctor Ted by Andrea Beaty and Pascal Lemaitre
•	My Doctor and Me ABC by Stephanie Cox
•	Doctor Maisy by Lucy Cousins

This appointment may take over an hour, so try to find childcare for your other children.
A parent or guardian must go with the child.