Questions for Clinicians

Bring only the relevant section to each visit. Add the clinician's answers directly below the questions.

Before Delivery / Hospital#

• Is delayed cord clamping appropriate in our circumstances?
• What newborn blood, hearing, bilirubin, and heart screening do you perform?
• When and how is vitamin K given?
• How do you interpret newborn weight loss by age, delivery, and feeding method?
• What are our options for rooming in, nursery help, and bath timing?
• If choosing circumcision, what pain control is used?
• Is eye ointment required, and how does maternal infection testing affect the decision?

Newborn Illness and Safety#

• What temperature counts as fever at this age, how should we measure it, and whom do we call after hours?
• Which feeding, urine, breathing, color, alertness, or crying changes require urgent care?
• What current safe-sleep setup and room-sharing duration do you recommend?
• When exactly should we stop swaddling?
• What should we do if feeding the baby at night makes us likely to fall asleep?

Feeding#

• Is weight gain and hydration adequate? What trend matters next?
• Can you observe a full feed or refer us to qualified lactation support?
• When does pain, latch difficulty, or supply concern require evaluation?
• If supplementing, how much and how will we reassess?
• Which medications, alcohol guidance, or supplements matter for this parent and baby?
• Does this baby need vitamin D, iron, or another supplement?

Solids and Allergens#

• What signs of developmental readiness should we wait for?
• Does eczema, an existing allergy, prematurity, or family history change allergen timing?
• In what form, amount, and frequency should we introduce peanut, egg, dairy, and other allergens?
• Which reaction signs require a call, antihistamine, epinephrine, or emergency care?
• What are the current choking, honey, cow's milk, juice, and food-preparation rules?

Sleep#

• Is growth adequate to change night feeds?
• Could pain, breathing, reflux, eczema, medication, or another health issue be disrupting sleep?
• Is behavioral sleep training reasonable now, and which feeding/safety exceptions should remain?
• How much variation in naps and total sleep is normal at this age?

Development#

• How is the child tracking across motor, language, social, hearing, and other domains?
• Is the movement pattern symmetrical, and are tone/reflexes reassuring?
• Should we use a formal screen, hearing test, speech evaluation, or early intervention?
• What specific observation or date should trigger follow-up?
• For toilet training, does constipation, pain, withholding, or wetting need treatment?

Postpartum Parent#

• Which bleeding, pain, fever, headache, vision, swelling, breathing, or wound symptoms are urgent for me?
• Is my recovery appropriate for exercise, lifting, driving, and sex?
• Could pelvic-floor therapy help pain or incontinence?
• Can you screen for depression, anxiety, bipolar symptoms, intrusive thoughts, or psychosis?
• Which treatment and medication options are compatible with my feeding goals?

Family Planning#

• How do the prior pregnancy, birth, caesarean, preterm birth, or complications affect spacing advice?
• How do age, fertility history, medications, and recovery change the recommendation?
• What contraception fits the current health and feeding situation?

Visit Notes#

• Clinician/date:
• Decision made:
• What to monitor:
• Urgent threshold/contact route:
• Follow-up date: