My DS (age 26 months), is having a lot of problems with his speech and his understanding. My DH had ear problems when he was younger and ended up having grommets so I am wondering whether my DS has some problems in this area too. I am awaiting a hearing test for him but just wondered if anyone had any thoughts.
He has a few words (about 7 that we can understand but chats away all the time so there could be others that we don't recognise). He doesn't copy much but can.
He doesn't understand what we are saying to him all the time either. He understands "do you want chocolate", "go and give daddy a kiss" etc but if I say pass me the plate, he doesn't understand that.
He bangs his head on the side of his cot when he is going to sleep but it isn't all of the time. He does it for so long every night and then he stops and doesn't do it again for weeks. He also snores quite loud, and quite often has a cold and seems stuffed up. He had quite waxy ears as a baby although this is better now.
Also, if I say his name low behind him and get louder, he doesn't hear me until I shout sometimes.
Don't know what all this means but I am just trying to get some answers and waiting for appointments is killing me.