Speech and behaviour delay 16 months baby girl

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My daughter is 15 months and she doesnt speak anything apart from saying mama randomly (not to me) which she did since she was 12 months. No other word has been added and i worry about this speech delay. During covid there's hardly any interaction she only sees my husband and i and she's our first born.
People tell you the first years are key to development and with the current situation we dont take her out much and she doesnt really see anyone.our families are in another country and friends we are not meeting.
Health visitor said try daycare half days or so but my husband feels it's really unsafe at the moment.
To add she walks since she was 12 months so fine that way but behaviour and speech worries me. She doesn't point at things nor really looks when i point. Then again mayb she needs a new scene around her to b interested to look at...any help advice appreciated thank you!!

Does she interact with you? Does she respond to her name? 16 months is very young.

I dont think that sounds delayed. There is such a big range of ‘normal’ at this age . How is her understanding? If you ask her to bring you a book would she understand?

Comprehension is as important as speech at this age. What is her comprehension like? On average (since my son was under paediatric care) they would like to see roughly 10 words at 18 months. You can ask to speak to your HV if you are worried. Not pointing at 16 months is a little unusual. It may be nothing or it may be something but unless you look into it for your child you won’t get answers.

Mine didn't have any words at 2yo, can't shut him up at 3yo (with no intervention from SALT). As PP have asked, how's her interaction and comprehension?

Our son is exactly the same age and he is also not speaking yet, he jabbers on a lot but no recognisable words. He will try to directly copy some words sometimes so if we say bus or ball he might say "bu".
As far as i know that's normal for that age.
However he does understand a lot, eg the different foods, he will actually point at things a lot when you mention them, and he will even do things if we forget eg he will try to put my shoes on me on the weekend in the morning as he's expecting to go to the child minder again.
But i think of you are concerned get in touch with your health visitor as they will know all the indications and what to check. I happen to know from the child minder that our son is ahead on fine motor and about right on everything else, but until she mentioned that i was none the wiser as to me he is just a toddler doing what toddlers do.

At this age they are fine with interaction from you, I am assuming you sing with her, talk to her, read books and all that jazz. There can easily be an explosion of words. I would wait until 18 months and then re evaluate. The first steps if you are still concerned then is to speak to HV and get a referral to SALT and a hearing test.

I was worried my 18 month old the other day but in the last few weeks she has learn at least one new words a day if not more.

It's not a big deal at that age. I wouldn't worry unless she's still saying very little by 2.5 years. If speech is delayed she will be given speech therapy sessions at nursery/school.

Is that delay at 15 months? The milestone used to be around 6 words understandable by primary carer (not necessarily others) by around 18m. I know this because my baby barely scraped this! She is a bright and bookish child. Until she's 18m I really wouldn't worry. They can acquire multiple words in a single day.

They say they are often either walkers or talkers but not both, and you have yourself there a walker!

It's far too early to worry about pointing I'd have thought. I don't think they expect that until about 2ish. But you should be able to get in touch with your HV still if you're worried.