Another Speech Delay?

Like her brothers, I'm suspicious that Danielle has a language delay. At her 18-month check-up, I talked to her nurse about it. We concluded that because she's about 6 months ahead of where she should be in all other areas, we'd give her 3 months to start talking some more. I think the minimum standard for an 18-month old is in the 10-12 words range, and mostly Danielle would just say "mom mom mom mom mom" pretty incessantly. She did point at things and say "this" and "that" a few months ago, but then stopped.

This week her language has really picked up. She started saying "daddy" after John came home from Scout camp, then added "eyes" and "hi" and "bye" earlier this week. Today she brought me the book "Little Red Riding Hood" and asked "big bad wolf?" Then later she was carrying "Little Red Riding Hood" under one arm and an (empty) ice cream bucket over her elbow like a basket...the book has a picture of Little Red Riding Hood carrying a basket over her elbow. She's very cute, and constantly surprises us with how smart she is.