2yrs 3mo (bilingual) and still very few words..normal?

[PipocaThePedantic]

I've posted about this before. DS was 2 at the end of march, is being brought up bilingual English Spanish and still only has a handful of words.
His understanding is great in both languages and he communicates a lot, using noises and pointing. for instance he can do a whole load of animal noises, brrrrm for vehicles, etc.
His words (covering the two languages) are
poo
dada
mama
boom for ball or balloon
hello
bye
here you are (one word in his other language)
cake
no / Oh no!
wow /Oh wow!
teddy
dedah for children

He has in the past said darden for garden and gok for clock, but never ever says them now.

Does this sound normal? We went to the paed for a routine check up and before she realised he was bilingual she was asking if he was putting 2 words together (although didn't seemed phased when I said no and explained he was being brought up bilingual.

Is the number of words he has normal for his age? and the saying some words and then not again? We joke and call him a word avoider as he uses so many little noises/nods his head instead of yes, but sometimes I'm not sure if he's behind or normal for a child growing up with 2 languages.

Any input greatly appreciated

He is totally normal.

My 3 are all bilingual (now teenagers ). At around two they could understand most things that were said in both languages but just used words, sometimes mixing them up.

Do not, simply do not, worry.

(one thing they say is a good idea...try to be consistent as to who speaks what language to him. I.e. if you are the English speaker and your dp the Spanish speaker keep it that way when speaking to him)

I would say normal too. He's speaking, that's the important thing.

Are you reinforcing his noises with words IYSWIM?

So he goes 'brrrrm', you say 'oh yes, a car. You like cars don't you? Cars go brrrrm'.

Or he says 'oink', you say 'A pig! Pigs go oink! This pig is called Porky'

I'm sure when you're actually in the situation you can be more natural than those examples.

The other thing I find works very well is if you're following OPOL and he says something in the other language is for you to say 'yes, Daddy says 'cake', what does Mummy say?' and see if he responds. If he doesn't then supply the word 'Mummy says cake. blah blah cake blah cake blah blah cake' and see if he mirrors it back to you. Plus lots of 'what's this?' games naming objects in picture books etc making things into a dialogue and encouraging him to speak rather than talking 'at' him.

His receptive skills seem good so I really wouldn't worry.