Hello,
I have a 15.5 month son. He claps, gives high fives, just learning to take head no and nod yes (only if we say no or yes), reaches, puts up arms for up and will do it if we say up, plays with toys normally, brings toys and books to us. He responds to his name, will come to us if we say 'come here', give us something if we say 'give to...', he gives good eye contact, very smiley and seeks out attention, smiles if we say 'cheese'. He loves being chased and tried to iniciate this. He has just started acting as if he is being chased by one of his toy dinosaurs. He sleeps very well and will eat everything.
However, he does not point at all, he does not wave (looks very confused at this) but will turn around if we say bye bye. Around 12/13 months he said mama, baba and mum and the noise ka but all has since stopped. He was late to babble and still does every now and then. He hand leads me to the hallway but never to something. He will often fake cough and fake laugh and likes people doing it back to him. He isn't great at imitating and often won't even attempt it.
I spoke to my health visitor who but him in 'black' for language and communication at our 13 to 15 month old visit. Since then I've asked for a hearing test, and speech and language therapy. The health visitor is also going to try and start him in nursery to be around more children his age to see if this helps.
I have been looking up online and am not concerned that he may have autism.
I wondered if anyone had any children similar at this age and how are they now?