Am I wrong to compare and worry?

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My son is 22 months old. He has about 7 words that the family can understand plus lots of babble which is beginning to form into words. He says a firm no to things he dislikes , he looks at you and says 'esh' (yes) if he does want something. He calls dad and mum too , he looks and calls for us when we leave the room. He responds to his name most if the time , only ignoring when he's engaged with a toy or tv programme. All foods and drinks are "mmmm". His tone of voice is varied when he speaks.

He understands the words come here , and if you ask him if he wants a drink. He also plays games with us like rolling the ball back and forth and boo.

I worry about him because his sister was speaking two word sentences at this age and would speak to strangers out and about if they said hello to her. My son ignores people he doesn't know , especially if we're out and he's busy looking at the trees or cars. He takes a while to warm to people in general.

He also has only just started to walk independently at 21m. His fine motor skills are great, he can use a spoon well and a fork almost as well.

I guess I would like others experiences , and opinions on whether I should see the hv regarding speech and language or wait until the 24m check and see what is said.

Thanks.

I am a nursery practitioner, please don't worry. He sounds fine if there are some words and lots of babbling. Just wait for his 2 year check with health visitor who may refers him to speech and language. In the mean time do lots of labelling object to hi m naming things from books etc.try not to compare him with his sister all children learn at different rates.

I may get shot down here for sexism, but I have found my daughter is much more advanced than my son was at the same age, particularly with language. He was also shyer and still is, whereas she will strike up a conversation with anyone and will sit on other people's laps etc (he is now 5.5 she is 2.5). Like I said, I don't know if a boy/ girl thing or just a temperament thing but I would probably wait until the 2 year check and see if the 'checklist' throws anything up.

"Am I wrong to compare and worry?"

Yes.

Thank you for your responses , we were on the fence regarding whether to wait for the 24m check or act now. We're going to wait.

The crazy thing is that I have some early years s and l training as part of a previous job , so when I calmed down I realised that I knew what to do all along. We've stripped it right back , focused on labelling (as a pp has said) , we're using two word sentences where possible and given him lots of time to process when we speak. In the last day or so we've seen that his level of comprehensive is actually slightly better than we first thought.

@Aries456 , my eldest is a boy and he also had a more relaxed pace of development , so there may be something in that. Also most of the kids at my previous job that were in my s and l groups were boys.