Hello and welcome to the Zero to Finals podcast.

My name is Tom and in this episode I'm going to be talking to you about developmental

milestones.

And if you want to follow along with written notes on this topic,

you can follow along at Zerodefinals.com slash milestones

or in the development section of the Zero to Finals Pediatrics book. So let's get straight into it.

Child development is a key part of pediatrics and is commonly assessed by pediatricians.

A very common exam scenario involves assessing the developmental milestones in a child

to determine whether they're developing

normally. Child development can be separated into four major domains, gross motor, fine motor,

language and personal and social. Let's start with a quick Tom tip. The best way to learn the

developmental milestones is to play with children and test their milestones.

Try to find children that are developing normally age six months, one year, 18 months, two years and three years.

This will give you a good reference point when assessing new children to compare them to.

There will always be an element

of rote learning, but this becomes easier when you can think back to a specific child at a specific

age and pin those milestones to that child. People that have their own children will find this

much easier because they get to know their own child at different ages.

Let's start with Gross Motor. Gross Motor refers to the child's development of large

movements such as sitting, standing, walking and posture. Development in this area happens from the

head downwards. So at four months, the child will start to be able to support their head and keep it in line with their body.

At six months, they can keep their trunk supported on their pelvis, which means they can maintain a sitting position.

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