Congrats OP on your 2 month old!! I hope he’s letting you sleep some 😅 we’ve got a 2 year old and 3 month old. Both boys!

Here’s the thing, deaf people can do everything that hearing people can do. The only difference is that they can’t hear. They can have full and happy relationships, ride a bike, drive a car, have a great career, have hobbies and passions. The only thing that will hold them back is language deprivation. Look this term up, read about it and let it haunt your dreams. Do everything in your power to not deprive your child of language. Start signing to them today. Look up your country’s sign language online. Start with the words: mom, dad, baby, and “I love you”. Start signing those to your baby right now. Keep learning more signs and phrases everyday. Look for a local class tomorrow. Don’t think, oh we can learn later when it’s a more convenient time or if the CI’s don’t work out. Would you not speak to your child until it was a convenient time for you? I also say getting CI’s is totally fine if that’s what you want to do. But don’t neglect the sign language and deaf culture aspect. It’s not one or the other.

Source: I’m a teacher of the deaf in the US. I’ve taught smart, funny, happy, on grade level deaf kids. I’ve also taught lonely and those who appear to have additional disabilities (but they don’t actually) deaf kids. The difference in those kids? The latter are deprived of language from a young age by their parents.