Tipat Halav, visit by visit

Tipat Halav looks after families from birth to age 6. Here are shortcuts to the Ministry of Health's official services (in Hebrew).

All visits

  1. First visit

    In the first weeks, as the discharge letter says
    • Weight, length and head size, marked on the growth charts
    • Guidance for the age: feeding, sleep and safety

  2. 1 month

    • Growth and development follow-up
    • Safe sleep guidance

  3. 2 months

    These days often at 6 weeks, as invited
    • First routine vaccines, by the table
    • Eye check by a doctor (red reflex)

  4. 4 months

    • Vaccines by the table
    • Guidance: feeding, sleep, safety, language and play
    • Vitamin D until age 1, and iron until 18 months

  5. 6 months

    • Weight and measurements
    • Questions about development, such as passing a toy hand to hand and rolling
    • Vaccines by the table
    • A blood count referral ahead of age 1

  6. 9 months

    • Eye check by a doctor
    • Growth and development follow-up

  7. 1 year

    • Questions about development, such as crawling, turning to their name and eating on their own
    • Vaccines by the table

  8. 18 months

    • Eye check by a doctor
    • Questions about development, such as walking without help
    • Vaccines by the table

  9. 2 years

    • Questions about speech and communication
    • Growth follow-up

  10. 4 years

    A visit at 3 only when the nurse advises it
    • Vision check
    • Guidance: nutrition, safety, language and play

What to bring

  • A cloth diaper
  • Diapers and a change of clothes
  • Formula and a bottle, if not breastfeeding
  • The vaccination booklet

The official services

Tipat Halav on the Ministry of Health's siteFind a Tipat HalavThe stations near you, by addressBook a visitAt Ministry of Health and Jerusalem stations. Elsewhere, through your health fund or the station itselfTipat Halav line *5400Extension 9: nurses, breastfeeding and sleep advisers, for children up to 6Tip UPThe Ministry's app: visits, vaccine record and growthRoutine vaccine scheduleThe current schedule on the Ministry's site

Sources: Ministry of Health, the Tipat Halav visit plan, vision screening for children, Tip UP, and circular 5/2024. Exact dates come with Tipat Halav's invitation. This is general information and does not replace the nurse or doctor. The development questions are not a test: every child grows at their own pace. Links to the Ministry of Health's sites. Bani is not part of the Ministry and keeps nothing done there. Links checked on 22.10.2026.