My son has just turned 16mths. I started to have concerns around 13mths, he used to not respond to his name, we had a hearing test and he has moderate hearing loss - glue ear. We are due to see the ENT specialist again in 3wks time and if the test is still bad and his glue ear is still there he will have grommets inserted. Since finding out about the glue ear his name response has really improved, he responds maybe 70-80% of the time, mainly when he's not engrossed playing with something, but if the to is on, no chance he won't respond. The responding to his name is no longer my main concern now. He doesn't clap, point or wave, my husband and I are pointing at everything it is worrying, he just doesn't seem to get it. I have seen him clap a couple of time briefly in a sing along baby class, and at 10mth I thought he was starting to wave but he seemed to have just stopped and now just looks blankly at you when we wave at everything. I guess I'm wondering if anyone else has been through this and what the outcome was? He has two words only mama and dada, he babbles a lot, makes good eye contact and smiles, loves cuddles although he's not a kisser, loves cuddly toys, kicks a ball around, he doesn't pretend play really, although he will push cars along like they are driving and we play a very basic hide and seek, where he comes and finds me in the same few spots and gets super excited. He follows basic instruction, like come here, usually if I follow it with a come here hand gesture, other than that I can see he is way behind the rest of his nct class, they are pointing at objects and starting to say the words. Does anyone have any advise, or experience of what I'm going through? I'm so worried, it's sad because I want to enjoy this time with him but I'm just filled with worry