Any advice?

Hi my son is 16 months old and I’ve noticed he isn’t communicating the normal way if that makes sense? We lack pointing but if he sees something he wants he’ll just go get it. Recently I’ve been pointing to objects then I’ll show him and give him the object I’m pointing at to see if he’ll maybe copy. We haven’t got any real words yet, he says mama, dada, baba and he’ll make some random sounds like ‘lalala’ but nothing that means anything yet. It’s also hard to get him to wave but he will do it eventually after everyone in the room is waving too. He’ll happily give anyone a ‘high five’ though. He responds to his name, solid eye contact with whoever is talking to him, he’s very aware of people and notice when people walk into a room, he’s learning to share his toys ect. Could this be a sign of a speech delay or anything else?

Just looking for some advice and should I bring it up to the health visitor?
Sorry for the long post x

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