I've searched old threads and not found anything on this at all, so I'd be really interested in hearing whether this has been anyone else's experience- and I'm hoping that no one's answers make me feel like a rubbish mum! My little boy is 15 months old and has been a very physical baby (walking at 9 months; no fear; loves to climb...), and he also has quite good fine motor skills. However, I've been a bit worried about his speech because other than mamamama dadada he's not been saying anything that sounds like a word- lots and lots of babbling but he mainly indicates what he wants by pointing and shouting! I talk to him a lot and read lots of stories, and we don't have the TV on much at all. I've also recently been trying to follow the HV's advice to use very short sentences and individual words. However, I've recently found out that he's blinking well talking at nursery! He's saying a few words to them and looking very pleased with himself by all accounts, but not a word to me or his dad! Does anyone have any idea why he's holding out on me? I'm hoping it's that he's taking us for granted and enjoying impressing his lovely key workers at nursery. Along the same lines, he rarely waves at home, but randomly waves at poor, minding their own business, strangers out and about so he definitely likes to make an impression! Please be kind with your replies- I'm finding it quite funny but it also doesn't take much to shake my confidence as a parent!