My ds is 2.2, I have been concerned about his speech for a while, when Hv did his two year check she asked some basic questions and said he is a little behind but nothing of great concern and to contact in six months if I'm still concerned. He goes to nursery two days a week and has been scored behind on his review for talking, everything else is where it should be or ahead, they have said they have seen improvements recently.
Basically he isn't yet putting two words together, his actual vocab has increased dramatically since Xmas, so now he regularly points and says things while we are out like car, quack quack(said like cack cack), his most commonly said words are juice, dada, ball, chicken, tea, teeth, shoooos, goal, ball, keys, door, hiya and bye bye. All said quite clearly and in context, when we are playing he is constantly pointing to things and wants me to name them, when I try to get him to repeat he loses interest but he knows if I say something wrong, like if he points at nose and I say eyes he knows and keeps pointing furiously until I say it right.
His understanding of instructions is good, if I ask him to bring his shoes, or say let's go upstairs for bath time he does what I'm asking and while reading if I ask him to show me animals he points to them all correctly and makes noises correctly for some.
His physical skills seem amazing to me(pfb!) and he is constantly running,climbing etc so do I need to be concerned in your opinions or he is just taking his time?
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Speech delay?
dsg222 · 29/04/2015 15:39
If its any help, ds1 hqd less than a dozen words at 2, referred for speech and language therapy whih was six 1:1 play sessions when he was just 3 and now at 4.7 is talking in long complicated sentences with big words and generally doesnt shut up 
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Ds2 is 2.4 and just starting to out two words together just before he turned 2. In four months hes progressed to three and four word sentences and some proper conversation (hello mummy, what you doin?)
Both different and both normal, just different places on the scale.
If your ds is pointing things out, verbally or non-verbally trying to make himself understood and following instructions I doubt you have anything to worry about.
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