Ling76: It does not matter who master language earlier, fast or slow, so long as they are eventually able to do it. Good that PD is monitoring. But if she can use consistent terms for mum, dad, brother & sister, think she should be ok ba. My 2nd born also did not want to speak until later. & when she did, her vocabulary wows.
Yen can speak in phrases & sentences now. Words would include, car, go, where, want, eat, give, me, and, wait, slow down, come here, you, grandma, mama (cantonese grandma), mummy, daddy, yeye (cantonese grandpa), grandpa, jie jie, gor gor, mei mei, di di, dress, shirt, pants, sweet, shoes, help, no, baby, cry, drink, milk, diaper, change, poo poo, bath, swim, run, naughty, pretty, angry, etc.
Yesterday, she was so hilarious. We were watching some Taiwanese entertainment programme & a girl was doing some acrobatic moves. Yen declared, 'I can do that!' We were so shocked & stared at her. She repeated the phrase and added, 'I want (to) do that.' We burst out laughing.
& at dinner today, she commanded her sister to come to the dining table! She called out, 'You come here, sit down!' We laughed & she pointed at her sister again & repeated her phrase.
But Yen is special in the sense that she is 3rd born, so has 2 older siblings to engage her ma. I think if 1st born & no other kids to engage them, maybe slower. I feel my 2nd & 3rd born benefit a lot from the modelling they observe from the older siblings.