Not saying words

Anyone else’s little ones not saying words yet?
He says dada, baba and ba or buh to anything like books and balls and any other b words.
He understands everything and can follow instructions! Just worried as some people are saying how many words their kids can say

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My little guy can say so many things, but understands none of them LOL the only word he uses correctly is "dog" and can't even understand a simple "come to Mumma" soooooooo, I'm deffo following this thread lol!
No one has ever told me he's behind or anything.

We are the same, he understand so much!! E.g. can point to all body parts correctly, knows all the animals, knows pretty much all every day activities and objects, follows 2-part instructions, but barely says anything beyond yes/yeah and cat!

We are the exact same. She understands LOTS will point to body parts when asked, get the animal
We ask her / give it to the person we say/ she’ll get her own bowl or plate out cupboard if asked for a snack, get her shoes if I ask her. Get her brothers shoes if I ask her etc etc. but says no meaningful words. Babbles abit and makes dada and mama sounds but not a single word in context 😆

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