(Not positive where this should go, so please feel free to move it.)

So E has been on the slower side to pick up words. I don't want to say behind, because he's still on track for what his pedi expects, but on the lower end. (His receptive language is excellent, however).

Anyway, at his 15 month appointment she told us she likes to see 2-3 words, which he had, and at 18 months she likes to see 8-10. His appointment is on Valentine's Day, and he currently has 5 (that he uses on a regular basis). But he's also obsessed with letters, and can say and identify on site A, B, C, D, K, O and T. Like...he has a foam alphabet mat in his room, and the letters aren't in order at all, but when I ask him to find the letter he will go to it, point at it and say it. Or when he's playing with his magnet letters he can point out and say those letters with no prompting.

He can also mimic animal sounds...like "What does the kitty say? The kitty says 'meow'" and he'll sort of copy the sound. Same with 'arf-arf' and 'neigh'.

I feel like maybe I'm grasping at straws, but would you count any of those things as words? I'm not particularly worried about his speech (well....trying not to be, anyway), but it's hard not to compare when I read about a toddler his age who already has 30 words....