Baby’s 42-day physical examination includes whole body physical examination, physical developmental examination, neurological examination and other examinations.
1. Whole-body physical examination: the baby’s body is carefully examined, including whether the oral cavity and tongue tie are normal, whether there are deformities in the nose and ears, whether there is a slanting neck, auscultation of the heart and lungs, palpation of the abdomen, checking whether the baby’s external genitalia have any developmental deformities, and whether the limbs and joints are developing normally, and so on.
2. Physical development examination: mainly measuring the baby’s height, weight and head circumference, drawing growth curves and observing whether the growth and development indicators are normal.
3. Neurological examination: at this time, the main observation is through the limb tension, the child’s ability to respond to the sound, and so on.
4. Other examinations: if the baby’s hearing screening is not passed in the early stage, the hearing screening needs to be carried out again on the 42nd day after birth; if there is a baby with jaundice, blood tests should also be taken on the 42nd day after birth, mainly liver function and routine blood tests, to see whether the indicators of bilirubin and hemoglobin are back to normal or not.
When your baby is 42 days old, you should have a medical checkup on time, which varies from region to region and from hospital to hospital, and you should follow the doctor’s instructions for the specific checkup items.