newbbi,
inez 1st called papa when she is abt 6mths old.
then abt 1 year, she can call mama, yi yi,papa,mum mum...
from the time she start to know what we saying, we start to talk to her in proper 2 words sentences. then slowly increase.
so now inez is 2year 4mths, she can talk to us in complete sentences. like, i want to eat porridge, i want to go playpen/playmat, i want to watch barney/hi5 etc...mummy/papa go where kind of sentences.
but i think gg to ccc helps also lah.
and when she is in my aunty care, my aunty and both my cousins speak to inez a lot in both english and chinese. then back at home we also talk to her a lot.
dun worry too much.
old people say that if a child start to walk early, then speech will be slower, if speech faster, then walk slower.