I’ve been thinking this for awhile. But I think Kyson has a hearing problem. At first I thought he was just ignoring me…

@kirsten2, I pestered my daughter’s pediatrician for months because I swore she had hearing problems. She’s always say “huh” or “what” even if we were right in front of her, she would act as if she never heard a thing if we were telling to do something/not to do something/etc. she would look directly at me sometimes and act like there wasn’t anything coming out of my mouth when I in fact was talking to her quite loudly sometimes lol. Sometimes she’d had zero problems hearing us and other times it was like I was repeating myself 10xs and having to get louder each time or something. Her Pedi finally referred us to an ENT and they did several different tests and she can hear perfectly she just chooses not to hear us sometimes. That’s literally what the specialist told us was that her hearing was absolutely perfect but she just doesn’t want to hear us 😂 (I’m not saying this is the case in your situation at all, just wanted to share my experience in hopes that it helps you feel less worried or such)

This is the tool he used for flushing my ears out, it didnt hurt, it actually felt really good lol I remember this because afterwards he gave me a plastic tongue stick that tasted like candy lol 😆

There could also be too much wax in his ears, when I was little my mom thought I had hearing problems too so she took me to the Ear, Nose & Throat DR. he looked in my ears and there ended up being more than enough wax in both my ears so he had to flush them out, hugeeee globs of wax came out, it was very weird being able to hear more clearly lol, i was 6 at the time

I noticed for a week I would call my two year olds name and he couldn't hear me. He had a bad ear infection. I would say something to him with my covered and then with my mouth uncovered. As long as he would look at me he knew what I was saying but when I covered my mouth he didn't. He's pretty prone to them. I hate it so much for him. He was on antibiotics for 20 days because they gave him the wrong dose. He's much better now and hearing very well.

It’s called selective hearing they hear what they want I use to think that about my oldest but she’s heard just fine 😂

Have you had his hearing checked? My daughter had a hearing test as part of her 4yr well check. She didn’t pass so we had to take her to an audiologist for a more in-depth screening. Bring it up to the pediatrician and request a hearing screening.

Tinnitus maybe? Would you be able to ask him if he has ringing or an odd noise he always hears?

When you're talking to him, is he paying attention to something else? Even something he is thinking about?

My daughter and I are both so hyperfocused on things when we are reading, watching TV, or deep in thought that the house could catch fire and we wouldn't notice. It drives my husband crazy.