A child of 18 months speaks around 5 to 20 new word which becomes around 200 words by 3 to 5 years . Speech is one thing which doesn’t only depend on development of brain , but also depends on the amount of stimulation the child gets to speak .If you are a joint family, if you have another elder sibling the child is seen to speak faster.
Next Steps
Keep lot of nursery rhymes, books, animated series for kids handy and read out to him . Speak about the fruit name, colours , numbers , shapes , animals aloud and make him repeat.
Health Tips
Regarding fussy eaters , see that child is given variety of foods , is not constipated, decrease milk feeds , greater gap between meals. Sometimes it pays to not push child to eat. He himself will ask for food after some time.