How much does your 10m old speak?

[Writerwannabe83]

I am concerned that everyone's else's baby seems to be saying mama, dada, hiya, bye, cat etc whereas my just turned 10m old simply shouts and squeals all day long.

His development check questionnaire came in the post a few weeks ago and the expectations in the Communication section has somewhat alarmed me as DS can't really meet any of them.

Apparently he's supposed up understand what "Come here" means without any accompanying gestures (I.e me holding my arms out) but if I said "Come here" to DS I'm pretty sure he'd stare blankly at me.

It also expects that if I were to say "Let's sing twinkle twinkle little star" then DS would, without prompting, start doing the hand movements. He understands the word "clap" and starts manically clapping but that's about his limit of understanding that words have meaning.

Like I said he doesn't stop babbling away, it's constant, but that's all he does.

Am I panicking over nothing?

one word at best - dat (cat)!! She's now 2.4 and her speech has come on astronomically in the last 2 months.

The gestures:

Twinkle, twinkle little star (make fist and open fingers dramatically, repeat)

How I wonder what you are (hold your hands out and shrug your shoulders in an expression of "I don't know")

Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky (close hands into fist, using just your fingertips from your pointer fingers and your thumbs press together to make a diamond shape and hold in front and above you)

Twinkle, twinkle little star (make fist and open fingers dramatically, repeat)

How I wonder what you are (hold your hands out and shrug your shoulders in an expression of "I don't know")

For anyone who cares !

My HV seemed pleased with my then 10mo just babbling. He's 12mo now and says mama, dada, num num (yum yum - he's a greedy so and so) and nonono which he screams when he's throwing a tantrum. No cat, dog, cup etc.