Monthly checks (red flags) and milestones

Checks run on the first of each month, and on demand from Progress › Milestones. They are parents-only and never shown to Day-to-day adults. The wording is deliberately non-diagnostic.

The eight checks#

Check	Kind	Trigger
Low word count at 2	Developmental	Under 50 approved words at 24 months, all languages combined
No two-word combinations by 2.5	Developmental	No combinations at 30 months
No pretend play by 3	Developmental	At 36 months
Sleep under 10 hours regularly	Developmental	More than half of recent nights under 10 hours
Low language exposure	Balance	One planned language under 15 percent for 8 straight weeks
Vocabulary stall	Developmental	No new approved words in any language for 6 straight weeks
No eye contact or joint attention	Developmental	Marked by a parent
Extreme separation distress	Developmental	Marked by a parent, after 3 months of graded practice

Statuses#

fine, noticing, talk to someone. Only the two parent-marked checks can reach "talk to someone"; automatic checks top out at "noticing". The first four always show a result, including "fine".

Example wording#

• "It's worth a chat with a paediatrician or speech therapist about her word count and combinations — this is a routine check, not a diagnosis."
• "One of her languages has been under 15% of her week for two months running. Might be worth a small rebalance — no rush."
• "No new words logged in a while. Could just be a quiet patch — worth a light check-in."

Options on a non-fine card#

• Adjust plan: opens Plan › Week.
• Export evidence: queues a one-page PDF of the check with its evidence, for a paediatrician.
• Dismiss with note: "Tell your future self why", for example "heard daily, just not logged yet."

Milestones observed#

A manual list. + Add milestone: what she did, a domain, the observed date, and linked entries as evidence.