https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:03:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2677184 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:32:01 +0000 Pancakes 2677184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: @Maysprout: awesome! Thanks for sharing that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2677073 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 08:36:35 +0000 Mamaof2 2677073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: wow!! Thank you!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2677072 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 08:30:46 +0000 Maysprout 2677072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pancakes: @Mamaof2: <a href="http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/10/15/well-child-visits-now-covered-under-tricare-policy.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/10/15/well-child-visits-now-covered-under-tricare-policy.html</a></p> <p>It looks like they just updated their policy and now kids can get a well child visit covered </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2677022 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 01:35:43 +0000 808love 2677022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ALV91711: Thanks for validating my confusion! LOL! That is from the hospital and all I can find online. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2677013 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:17:48 +0000 Jess1483 2677013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: I don't know much about this, but your comment made me freak out a bit, so I looked it up. I think (and I could be totally wrong) that if your child receives an immunization (so flu shot?) at the same time, then Tri-care will cover a "comprehensive preventative exam." I'm going to have to do more research, but hopefully after 5 we can time visits with flu shots and be covered... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2677008 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:09:49 +0000 ALV91711 2677008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: I'm in AB and have never really looked into this. At 3 they said we will see you at 4 unless there are problems. </p> <p>If they do it then I will take him every year. I want him to take his health seriously. </p> <p>@808love: that chart is confusing with how it overlaps the ages. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676986 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 22:38:17 +0000 808love 2676986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any comments on the table I posted? I'm wondering why they would list it that way.<br /> 4-5 years-- We went exactly at 4 years. And we went exactly the month she turned 5 years.<br /> 5-6 years-- We went at the turn of 5 years. Same appt as I listed in above grouping. Will skip 6 years birthday.<br /> 6-8 years- I am deciding to go at approximately 6 and a half years (flu season) So about a little more that half year later than last year.<br /> Anyway, we'll see after six. I'm still thinking the chart is confusing. Maybe it has to do with kindergarten or immunization schedule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676960 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:35:53 +0000 catomd00 2676960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely, every year. Preventive health is super<br /> Important. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676912 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 20:18:43 +0000 Pancakes 2676912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: Agh, we have Tricare too. We moved shortly after DD's 5th birthday/well visit, so it's crazy to think that her pediatrician doesn't "know" her at all, and who knows when she'll even see him! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676831 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 17:30:39 +0000 Mamaof2 2676831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: we have Tricare- it doesn't follow the normal rules ( it also drops coverage at 21 vs 27 on most plans)<br /> But it's free so I can't complain! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676815 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 17:10:31 +0000 Bao 2676815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely, every year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676814 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 17:07:42 +0000 Andrea 2676814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There always seems to be school and camp medical forms to fill out so we go every year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676777 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 16:22:08 +0000 808love 2676777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsF: That's what I thought at first---that I would never ever skip a year. Now that LO is nearing 6 it just doesn't seem as important as the relationship with her pediatrician has been established through numerous previous visits. Interesting how time changes things. It is free so that's not an issue for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676759 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:58:01 +0000 MamaG 2676759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: Really? I didn't know that insurance would stop. I guess I just assumed. I need to look into this since my LO will be six this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676757 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:56:29 +0000 MrsF 2676757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely. I want to make sure if there's a problem that it's caught early and for my kids to have a good relationship with their Drs so that as they get older they feel comfortable talking to them about things. I don't want them just to associate them with illness - they're there to help us stay healthy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676749 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:45:51 +0000 808love 2676749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was a bit confused by the structure of the age groupings. I think I will take the suggestion to delay it until flu shot time just to combine the trips. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676734 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:32:20 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2676734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't even know if they are offered here. I'm in Ontario (Canada) and they stopped providing physicals for adults (some doctors still will - mine will not). So they probably don't even offer them. But it's free, so yay? 😑 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676732 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:30:13 +0000 honeybear 2676732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I took him at 6 and he'll keep going annually until the office tells us otherwise. I think you generally need updated forms for some sports on an annual basis, and there are probably updates required for school forms periodically too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676729 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:29:06 +0000 Mamaof2 2676729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our insurance stops paying for well visits at age 6 so that's the last year DS went - he is now 8.</p> <p>He isn't into sports and school doesn't require it so he hasn't been - his next vaccine is btwn age 11-12 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676724 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:23:16 +0000 Boogs 2676724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's the one thing we don't pay for as part of our health coverage, so I see no reason to not take the kids every year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676714 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:20:07 +0000 mediagirl 2676714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She will go every year, just like we do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676711 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:19:21 +0000 Ms. RV 2676711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely. I still go to my annual well visit too.</p> <p>Instead of skipping it could you maybe push it to the beginning of flu season so LO can get a well visit and a flu shot at the same time? It is still saving you a trip. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676708 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:18:48 +0000 looch 2676708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As far as I know, in the state where I live, you need to provide an updated health form every year, and the only way they'll accept it is if it is signed by a doctor. So no, we keep going! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676703 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:15:53 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2676703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. It's very important to me to be sure that my children have well visits every year. I go for my well visit every year, and I want them to see that they should go, even if they feel fine. They're available, and covered by insurance, so I'm baffled by anyone who doesn't go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-youwill-you-still-go-to-annual-well-child-visits-after-age-5#post-2676698 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:12:54 +0000 808love 2676698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was thinking of skipping a year if it is not an immunization year. I'm a little confused by this dr. visit recommendation. Maybe someone can interpret if I go once a year or just once within that range. </p> <p>[attach=1524/17/ojj4dz.308x141.Screen-Shot-2017-01-09-at-10.14.52-AM.png] </p>