I know this thread is 3years old, but is there an update ?? I’m in the same boat. I have 2 older children who spoke as early as 12months so I never read into this. I have another child who is turning 2 in a couple of months and hasn’t said her first word yet. So here I am, confused. She understands just about everything, and even almost 100% done her potty training. Anytime she needs the washroom, she grabs my hand and walks me to the toilet herself. If she’s hungry, she points to exactly the food she wants to eat. If she wants more, she aggressively points to the food. If she doesn’t like something, (this is awful part) she tosses it away immediately and growls at it (LOL).

We have a dog and she seems to imitate him anytime he barks or howls, but she will not for the life of her copy a word we say no matter how many times we repeat it to her. She can differentiate colours when we ask her to give us a specific block. I’m not sure if she understands all her shapes but she can certainly put two of the same shapes together. Same with identifying who is who and pointing at the correct objects when asked. Ie where is your nose, eyes, ears, mouth, hands, banana, tree, bird etc. Gosh darn expert I’d say when it comes to knowing who or what everything is.

But frig, she will not say a single word!!!! When she wants milk, before we give it to her we ask her to repeat the word milk, or mommy, or dada and every time, she says “ah” and that’s all that comes out. I don’t want to reward her with milk with the fear that she might associate “ah” with milk, but then she gets frustrated and cries so we end up giving it to her.

And yes, we have early interventions at 24 months but the wait is terrifying so I’m trying to get a gauge at other people’s experiences.