DD1 (2.5) has suddenly started stuttering, any ideas what we should do? See a GP? Sometimes it is fine, and sometimes it is really severe. I try to give her as much time as she needs to talk, and make sure she has my full attention, and don't bring attention to it. But I can tell it frustrates her.
My DD did the same thing all of a sudden at about the same age hun, we just took it really easy with her and never interrupted to finish her sentence etc. and she did grow out of it, from memory it took a few months and would come and go. If you find that she is getting worse, or more frustrated by it all the time it might be worth seeing a speech pathologist, you may find she only needs to go a few times to get some strategies as it could be her brain moving faster than her mouth can go which is what we found with Iz and as I said she's grown out of it now at 4.5
My now 4 year old had a really bad stutter last year. I took him to a speech therapist because he was really aware of it and it was causing him a lot of anxiety. His was a developmental stutter, which is actually fairly common. He grew out of it in about 5 months. His got really bad, really quickly and was quite severe when it was at its worst and then basically disappeared over night. The speech therapist told us that stutters that last more than 6 months can be more of a sign that it might be long term but developmental stutters are generally fairly short lived.
My son stuttered the ends of words and would get stuck in a loop at the same age, we just didn't make a fuss about it and it went away. He was just trying really hard to pronounce his words properly. He's a bit pedantic about everything like that.
My cousin took her son to see a speech theripist (a couple of months ago) as his stuttering was really quite bad to the point where he was questioning why he couldn't get the words out (he turned 4 this month). It turned out that the reason for his stuttering was preservative/diet related and since changing things she's noticed a huge difference. I was surprised when she told me this was the reasoning, i'd never heard of or thought to relate the two before.
We saw a speechie a while back and apparently it'snot uncommon and tends to come and go, but if it stays and/or starts coming for longer than it goes (if that makes sense) it can indicate a problem that needs addressing.
Hi Maruschke,
I'm a speechie (not working right now). Stuttering is very common and most often resolves on its own. You are doing the right thing by not drawing attention to it. You can, if you like, acknowledge her smooth speech with something like Nice Smooth talking, well done!
Speech Parhologists can cure stuttering in children up to about 8. (approximate) after that the stutter can only be managed. We generally prefer to see them before school age however. Waiting lists for public speech pathology can be quite long - if you're going public it might be worth while getting on the wait list now and then if it takes 12 months and your still worried the timing should be right - if not, no worries. Hope that helps.
We took our son to a speech pathologist. The first time I called she told me to wait until it had been 6 months and then call back because it often resolved on it's own before 6 months.
It is better already, she only does it once or twice a week now, instead of every time. Obviously it went away quickly on it's own but it recurrs when she is very tired.
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I can tell it frustrates her.
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