How often do you got to see health visitor at clinic?

Question

Hi i have 6 month old little boy, i used to be a nursery nurse and know developmental stages, i weigh my son myself who weighs 17 1/2 llbs a good weight and he is slighlty tall for his age as i keep check, so for me i only go to see them if i feel there is a problem, if he was small or underweight i would go regularly but as im keeping good eye on son i dont feel the need to go.

what do you do?

Answer 1

My girls are 6 and 15 but when they were younger i took them for the first few weeks to have them weighed and went to the clinic if i had any problems.

other wise i went at the 8 month check 18 month check and the 3 year check

Answer 2

i am a nursery nurse but i still go every few weeks, to get him weighed, and to chat with h.v, i know a lot about kids/babies, but sometimes i still have questions, having your own is very different than looking after other peoples.

Answer 3

i go to get my daughter weighed every 1 or 2 weeks just to see how much she is putting on as every week i can feel her getting so heavy!sometimes i feel like health visitors make you worry about things unnecessarily for example i took my daughter to get weighed and she kept looking at her head and asked if she always lay with her head to the side and i told her only sometimes...she said my babys muscles in the neck could be restricted, i knew this was rubbish as my baby moves her head with ease both ways!