When does not pointing become a concern?

[ThatOliveReader]

Hi all, my son is about to turn 18 months and he’s still not pointing. The most he’ll do is a reach when he wants something. Obviously I’ve read that pointing is a big milestone and should be doing it by now really.

I will say I don’t really have any other concerns. He calls and waves, shows us his toys and gives when I ask for something.

He has only just started to walk so I’m wondering if he’s been focusing on that rather than the pointing and it’ll come now that he’s walking. He also only says 3-4 words at most.

Is this something I should be concerned about?

Fill this in, progress-checker.speechandlanguage.org.uk/ it'll give an excellent idea as to whether you have any reasons to be concerned. Yes you'd be expecting them to point by now and perhaps have more words, but the fact they have other gestures and sound like they have good understanding is positive.