Growing Up Resources

Growing up is a remarkable journey, especially when you consider the incredible growth and health milestones kids achieve along the way. It's an adventure filled with new experiences, from those first giggles and tiny steps to the endless curiosity that fuels their learning. As kids grow, their bodies and minds flourish, building the foundation for a healthy and vibrant future. Together with their families, they navigate this journey, discovering the world, embracing challenges, and celebrating each exciting stage of development.

• Feeling too tall or too short
• Getting teens involved in their health
• Growing
• Growing up Q&A for parents
• Gynecology checkups
• I'm a guy. How can I talk to my female doctor about certain things?
• I’m growing up – but am i normal?
• Kids and growing pains
• Male reproductive system
• Managing your toddler's behavior (video)
• Pelvic exams
• Period talk: what everyone needs to know
• Period talk: how to use a pad
• Period talk: how to use a tampon
• PMS, cramps, and irregular periods
• Potty training your child (video)
• Preparing your child for visits to the doctor
• Puberty and growing up
• Questions you can ask your doctor
• Talking to your child about periods
• Talking to your child about puberty
• Talking to your doctor
• Teaching kids about their bodies
• Teens: choosing your own doctor
• Teens: does my mom have to be in the room during my gyn exam?
• Teens: taking charge of your medical care
• Teens: talking to your doctor
• Teething tots
• Testicular exams
• Understanding puberty
• Using deodorant for kids and teens
• When is it time to start seeing a gynecologist?
• When your baby's born premature
• When your child outgrows pediatric care
• Your child's changing voice
• Your child's growth

Your changing body: kids and teens

• Adolescent medicine specialists
• All about periods
• Delayed puberty
• Feeling fresh
• Female reproductive system
• Female reproductive system (slideshow)
• Gynecomastia
• How to do a testicular self-exam (slideshow)
• Irregular periods
• Is it normal to get erections?
• Is my penis normal?
• Male reproductive system
• PMS, cramps, and irregular periods
• Puberty basics
• Taking care of your body: answers for boys with autism
• Taking care of your body: answers for girls with autism
• Talking to your doctor
• Tampons, pads, and other period supplies
• When will I start developing?
• Why are my breasts different sizes?
• Why are my breasts sore?
• Why is my voice changing?
• Your changing body: answers for boys with autism
• Your changing body: answers for girls with autism

Your child's health care checkups

• Your child's first checkup: the hospital
• Your child's checkup: 2 to 4 weeks
• Your child's checkup: 2 months
• Your child's checkup: 4 months
• Your child's checkup: 6 months
• Your child's checkup: 9 months
• Your child's checkup: 12 months (1 year)
• Your child's checkup: 15 months
• Your child's checkup: 18 months (1½ years)
• Your child's checkup: 2 years
• Your child's checkup: 3 years
• Your child's checkup: 4 years
• Your child's checkup: 5 years
• Your child's checkup: 6 years
• Your child's checkup: 7 years
• Your child's checkup: 8 years
• Your child's checkup: 9 years
• Your child's checkup: 10 years
• Your child's checkup: 11 years
• Your child's checkup: 12 years
• Your child's checkup: 13 years
• Your child's checkup: 14 years
• Your child's checkup: 15 years
• Your child's checkup: 16 years
• Your child's checkup: 17 years
• Your child's checkup: 18 years
• Your child's checkup: 19 years
• Your child's checkup: 20 years
• Your child's checkup: 21 years