We were talking about this at mother's group on Friday as all the kids (15-16 months are saying quite a lot of words now) but the only boy in our group isn't saying much at all. It turns out he has a tongue tie which apparenty has been affecting his speech all along! It should help a lot once it's been snipped.

Our nephew was only grunting at 12 months too. He's only just recently started saying a lot more and he turned two in September! We think his older brother (who is 5) spoke for him a lot of the time, IYKWIM. Another friend had issues with her DD just grunting and pointing until she was 3. She's been seeing a speech pathologist for the past year and her speech has improved out of sight. If you're worried I'd speak to your MCHN or a paed though but I think often it's just kids doing things at their own pace.

Good luck hon