DS is a bit delayed in the speech dept - he is 22 mths. He's only been saying 'mumma', 'bubba' type words for the last month or so. I noticed since i became pregnant with DD2 he really changed emotionally, but since DD2 was born I've noticed he is starting to attempt words a lot more....

Do you have any other kids? I've asked a few childhood nurses about his speech and the first thing they've all said to me is 'does he need to talk'? And honestly, our eldest does A LOT of talking, and so I can see that no, he is sorta having DD1 do the talking for him, IYKWIM? Like your DD I was concerned about his hearing, but he does selectively listen to instructions eg 'point to the brown bear' and he'll do it etc....