Morning
Jammy, please don't worry....I feel exactly the same as you about DDs talking and purposfully don't do or discuss any developmental stuff as far as I can on MN as other people always make me worry. I also work with someone whose DC is 2 months younger than DD and am regularly told DD can do this, do that, say this and that.....and I just keep quiet because I end up being made to feel that my child is backward in some way as I can't respond saying oh well, my DC done that ages* ago......I see plenty of at the swings as well.
I still remember my 10 month HV check when she said to me "What do you mean she isn't waving or clapping?" I was in tears when she left and two weeks later, she was waving and clapping no problem . But that link that Fury put up made me feel much better as she hits every one of the those boxes more or less. I think Bumper was spot on when she said very often its a parents perception of speech (or any other developmental milestone).....makes sense to the parent but no sense to anyone else.
Children always catch up....and as Daisy said, has little bearing on future abilities.
All that said, it is important to pick up on areas where there really is a problem....but it doesn't seem any of us are there....
Don't you just hate competitive parenting....my nephew is 9 months older than DD and I have found watching his developement quietly from a distance a real yard stick and very useful.
Oh and to break my own rule, my DDs talking is very poor.....despite hours of encouragement and reading from us....but I don't think there is a problem.......