Glad you're feeling a bit better about it all.

FWIW at your DD's age my DS had 4 words; dad, ball, gog (dog) and Arcy (Darcy, DD1). Mum didn't come until closer to 20 months. He chatted a lot in his own babble but no real words. We had signs for lots of stuff. I was worried as we approached his second birthday and he still only had a handful of words.

Now he's 4 in Feb, he talks as much, if not more than DD1 who could count to 10 at 12months and say the alphabet and just about every animal sound you could think of at 18months.

Keep engaging her, and chatting and giving a running commentary and reading to her. She sounds like a great little chick.