My DP took our kids (one a teen, one coming up for two) to the park this evening and met my friend who has a toddler 7 months older than ours, so 2 years 7 months. She came to speak to him and they passed the time etc, and he said "Oh, I haven't seen X (her toddler) for ages - it goes so quickly! I remember when you guys first came round to visit when DS2 was born, and we couldn't believe how grown up he was!"
She replied "Yes. Everyone always thinks he's really grown up because he's so much more advanced than other children, he was talking fluently by 18 months"
DP replied that he didn't mean that - he's forgotten how much bigger they grew so quickly as babies!
I really like my friend, and yes, she does talk a lot about how advanced her toddler is, but she is right for one thing, his speech is very good, and I'm not bothered for another as they all do things at different rates, and DS1 who also spoke fluently very early is very middling at school.
I think DP was raining on her parade a bit.