2 yr old talking?

[MummyTo2Monsters]

My DS is 2.3 yrs old, he is a very bright, intelligent little boy. He says many words and understands everything he's told but he hasn't started making sentences.
He would say things like, 'mum, mummy, dad, daddy, calls his brothers name, can count to 10, knows his abc's (with some help) recognizes animals, makes their sounds, identifies colors, says phone, on, shoe, apple, eat, food, town, car, shop, up, down etc.

So just wondering how is you 2 yrs old vocab.

I’m not sure how useful comparison is here as I think the range of normal is so wide. Is there something you’re worried about? It sounds like he has a decent range of words.

One thing I saw to encourage sentences is to add just one word to whatever they say so if they say “ball” you might say back “red ball” or “throw ball“.

@SamanthaVimes I am not really worried just curious. I was talking to a colleague who has a DD of the same age and she said her DD makes full sentences so just got me thinking.
I have an older DS who's now 7 but cannot really recall how much he had been saying around this age.

I am by no means looking for a comparison and know very well each child develops at their own pace but maybe seeking some advice on how I could help encourage sentences (as you have done, thank you).

Glad you’re not worrying unnecessarily, it’s hard to tell sometimes on here!
My DD is 2 next week and will do small sentences (e.g “mummy read it” for a book or “look mummy, plane!”) so now I repeat back to her what she’s said with the right grammar / word order or add please/thank yous to what she’s said (so to “more milk!” I say back “more milk please mummy” which she will sometimes then repeat back to me) so once you’re getting a few words together you can move on to that

The standard milestones for speech are "one at one" (IE single words) and "two at two" (IE two word phrases - throw ball, black cat, more food, mummy go, etc etc).

That said there is SO much variation among normal, and if his understanding is good and his vocab is growing, I wouldn't be concerned.

Sorry, just seen you're not concerned!

I second PP advice to repeat his words back to him with extras, that's what we did, and DD is now 2yr9m and never stops talking.

@MolliciousIntent thanks for the advice, I will definitely try that.
He does have a good understanding, I'm actually amazed by his brilliance sometimes. I can imagine that soon my ears will be getting hot as well :)

Same as pps - just model short phrases like “socks on”, “more milk”, “teddy for baby” etc and repeat back what they say. It will just click at some point.

There is a massive range of normal at this age like pps have said. It’s my absolute favourite stage - my DC2 is 19 months and it’s so lovely hearing more and more from her.

My DTs are 26 months. Girl twin speaks clearly in sentences (5-6 words), boy twin didn’t say a word until 18 months. He’s now talking a lot more but is quite difficult to understand.

@Polpetto indeed they are so amazing at this stage, so inquisitive, and learning each day. You look at them as your baby but they surprise you with how much they're developing.

@Eek3under3 that just goes to show how different each child is and how they develop at their own pace.