I lose my voice most nights when putting DS down, it's so raspy and I an barely get the words out after half an hour!

We do baby signing, so I can in theory just sign without saying the words, but that would require him understanding the signs... but then he doesn't understand the words either, so why worry?

Can you make it a game? Like charades or something? You can't do that all day, but it may work for a little while. Or ask him to read to you instead of you reading to him?