My ds is a happy wee sole but at the grand old age of 21 months his vocab is limited to "bye bye", "Mummy" and "Daddy" (and not always in the right order!).
I know not to take what the 'books' say to heart but according to them he should know 200 words by the time he is 2 .
His understanding is really good and he knows all the parts of his body and can point to anything in his books (where is dolly etc.) but when I ask him to tell me what Mummy is pointing at - nothing. Diggers are his favourite thing in the world but he won't name them even when we see one in real life - he just points and says eh, eh, eh. He rivals Justin for his sign language too - he scrapes the ground with his hand for digger, strokes his arm when I say we are going to visit his baby cousin etc.
He does have days where he babbles for hours but nothing as tangible as a noun.
Do you have any tips to encourage speech or do I just need to chill?
He is also a Gemini and they apparently never shut up!