I’m concerned for my son who turned 2 years old last week. He is still not talking he can barely say 5 words. He points at everything he wants and babbles something that sounds nothing what the item he wants. Many times he just brings me items if I ignore him. If he wants milk he’ll open the fridge get the milk then climbs on counter and gets his cup and bring it over to me and babbles. He doesn’t have behaviors or tantrums if he doesn’t get his way and starts to cry I tell him to stop and he stops. He doesn’t have many signs of autism besides the fact that he can’t speak and doesn’t really understand simple directions unless I point. Like if I tell him to get his shoes sometimes he does and sometimes I have to point at them. If I tell him to get something from another room he has no idea unless I point to it then he’ll get it. He plays appropriately with toys and pretends to play like pretends to talk on the phone and uses items appropriately. If I give him a brush he’ll brush his teeth or a comb and he’ll comb his hair. He makes plenty of eye contact, responds to his name, brings me things to look at and plays with other kids but “acedemically” wise he’s very much behind. If we’re reading a book and I tell him to point to the fish he’ll point at it but then I’ll ask him to do the same on the next page and he’ll point to something else. I think he’s just guessing and doesn’t know what he’s supposed to be pointing at. Not being able to follow simple directions is really concerning or speak is very concerning to me. He has an appointment next month and I’ll be getting a referral to get him tested then.