Hi Dr. Kennedy: I posted a few months ago, asking a question about declarative pointing. You correctly indicated I should wait and allow my son to develop. He is now 21 months old and points at many things to show interest. He enjoys pretend play and playing hide and seek. He seems to relate well to children at his daycare and in other social settings. I do have a question about oral language development though. He says, or has said, more than 70 different words, using more than half of them habitually. But he uses only a pair of two-word sentences (what's dat? and ge-rage door). Most of the language development milestones I read suggest he could be using more two-word sentences by now. His doctor saw him at 18 months and was not concerned with his development. We don't see the doctor for a well visit between 18 months and 2 years. I should also point out, his word understanding is excellent. I can ask him to get his shoes from the front hall, sit in his eating chair, get his pyjamas from the closet, etc., and he happily complies consistently. I can even ask him to find a picture in a certain book, which he'll take off the shelf, scroll through and point at the picture. Should I be concerned with his verbal output? What can we do to encourage more speaking? I apologize if I am being a tad over-analytical. However, much of the toddler development literature I come across is ambivalent.