Do I have to go to the MCHN for 12mth check up?

Just wondering as I find it really hard to get in and sometimes I find it a bit of a waste of time.

I am taking DD to the doctors tomorrow to get her vaccinations and figured I could ask him to weigh and measure her and check anything.

Also figured I could just ask everyone on here any questions I have on food, milk, sleep, development, etc.

I last took her at 6 months and 10 months.

of course you dont have to hun!!
you know your little lady the best, shes doing everything shes ment to!

We haven't been to the 12 month check up. easy to get in to, I just don't want to go. I have a fear that they will tell me something is wrong, and prefer to ask my BB freinds.

So if you are not concerned, don't bother with going.

I didn't. I just asked my GP about any concerns when I got her vaccinations done.

If you dont want to dont go, like you said you have Gp and us here.
I have a good relationship with mine so happy to go along for a chat.

I haven't taken J since his 4 month check up.
He's at the GP regularly enough, and I find her a lot easier to deal with than the MCHN.

I've never taken my kids to a mchn for anything. I have a gp, he has a nurse who does the immunisations. They know what to look for.

Thanks girls. Good to know.

I suppose if there were any concerns they would refer me to my GP anyway so probably best just to go straight to him. I dont have any major concerns anyway as all of you put my mind at ease :)

I stopped going to the MCHN after the 4 month injections, we just saw her GP or Paed or other specialists, but go lots a info from BB :D

Goodness I had no idea that we didn't "have" to go!!

I never took dd. We had a couple of home visits and the nurse was a nightmare so we never went to the clinic. I had my own set of baby scales and a really good GP who was great!

I went to the first MCHN appointment and never went back so no, you are not required to go at all :)

A lot of the big chemists/pharmacies these days have baby scales and are willing to weigh your baby for you if you just want then weighed anyway. So do a lot of GPs.
It seems that that was the only useful thing my MCHN ever did anyway.....