Reading milestones
Trends → Milestones tracks developmental progress by domain, as the family records it in Heartful Baby.
What you see
Milestones are grouped by developmental domain and marked as the family observes them, so the record shows both what the child has reached and what is still outstanding for their age.
For a preterm infant, read milestones against corrected age, the same way you would growth. A baby born at 30 weeks is not late on a milestone their corrected age has not reached yet. See Reading the growth curve for how corrected age works elsewhere in the chart.
What to look for
- Completion that is falling behind in one domain while the others keep pace, which is more informative than overall lateness
- A domain with nothing recorded for a long stretch, which may mean the family stopped logging rather than the child stopped progressing
- Delays worth raising with the pediatrician. Milestones are parent-observed, so treat them as a prompt for assessment rather than as an assessment
Where this belongs in a visit
Milestones are a good pre-visit read because they are quick, and because a family who has been recording them has usually been paying close attention to something they want to discuss.
Vaccines and well-child visits live on the Care Plan side — see Vaccines.