Newborn Map
The first pediatrician visit
AAP timing: typically 3–5 days of age, 1–3 days after discharge. 100.4°F under 3 months is a call now. Not a fever encyclopedia.
We are not pediatricians. This is not medical advice. Your pediatrician knows this baby.
The first office visit is weight, jaundice look, feeding story, and a chance to ask the questions you wrote at 4 a.m. AAP timing is typically a visit at 3–5 days of age, often 1–3 days after you go home. Book it before labor if you can. Bringing baby home.
What to bring
- Discharge papers and any bilirubin numbers
- A rough feed and diaper log
- The list of who is in the house
- The after-hours number, written down again
If the online scheduler is full, call and say you were just discharged. Do not wait a week.
100.4°F is not this visit’s homework
A rectal 100.4°F (38°C) in a baby under 3 months is a same-day call — often before you “see if it breaks.” This page is not a fever encyclopedia. We will not walk you through home dosing. Call the office or emergency services as they directed.
Other same-day reasons: will not wake to feed; breathing that looks like work; jaundice that is deepening; you are not safe.
What this visit is not
- A sleep-training consult
- A registry review
- Optional because “we’re fine”
After
Keep the after-hours number on the fridge. Enough milk is diapers + the next weight, not a Facebook ounce chart. Umbilical questions can wait for this visit unless there is spreading redness, pus, or fever.