I must have a little tomboy then haha. My 25 month old only has a handful of words but is definitely a climber, was pushing things together to climb into her high chair before she could even walk. She can understand simple instructions (could you being mummy a towel please, could you put on your shoes please, one more mouthful then we can head for a bath etc) so I'm not too worried yet. It is hard watching others of similar age speaking sentences but really, like homer says 'sooner they talk, sooner they talk back'... I figure she will get there in her own time and I'll enjoy the silence a little longer although, she knows how to communicate what she wants without words and is pretty "bossy" already!