2 1/2 Year Old Stuttering (Sp?)

Breathe mamma breathe.....I have three girls ages 6 4 and 5months. My oldest daughters both went through this around ages 2-4 years old. I was also concerned like you and the pedi told me this is perfectly normal. The reason is that their brain is thinking faster than they can get their story out causing them to stutter. My doctor recommeneded that I just remain my kids to slow down and tell me. This takes time but it is just a phase and they will grow out of it. It is all normal at this age. My pedi told me if they were to continue after a certain age can't remember want to say 5 or 6 then we would do test but all gone.....now I have to go through it again with my NB in a couple of years.

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Common phase. Most kids do it cuz their brain is going to town & their little mouths can only move so fast. It will pass. My DD is 3.5 yrs old and we still have to tell her sometimes to slow down & think about it. :) Good luck!

It's VERY normal. don't even react to the stuttering, it will stop. I agree with the other moms, it's all about alligator brain not keeping up with hummingbird mouth. Or vice-versa.

It's totally a phase. Just help her catch her breath (we told my girls to "take a deep breath and try again") and don't make a big deal about it. She'll probably stop in a few weeks...

I was afraid my daughter was picking up a stutter at this age too. Turns out their brains are thinking faster than their mouths can keep up. This is probably what is happening you your child. My nephew did it too.

This is SO so typical!!! Our oldest grandson who is now 37 months old went through this for a few months when he was about your daughters' age. His parents would remind him to slow down and think about what he wanted to say.l...but mainly just ignored it and waited for him to get his sentences out. I think it is just that their vocabulary is exploding so quickly and they have SO much they want to say...and their brain just gets ahead of their tongue. I wouldnt make a big deal out of it..be patient and I think it will go away as mysteriously as it began

Call ECI they will come out and play with her then see if they can help for free.

This happend with my daughter at around the same age...we had her evaluated right before starting pre-k last September-(she just turned 5 in April)-the speech pathologist said that she wanted to give my daughter 3 months in her new school and then come back and have her reevaluated...needless to say we never had to go back-every once in a while she still stutters-especially when she gets excited-one tip the speech pathologist taught us was when she stuttered-tell her that her sentence was very "bumpy"...and ask her to please say it again but to "smooth" it out-this works most of the time-most importantly she told us not to finish the sentence/words for her and not to tell her to slow down, or think about what she wanted to say before saying it-you can call the birth to three program and they can help you-they gave me alot of information and even had info for after 3 years of age-just take a deep breath and know that this to shall pass!!!
Meg

I agree with Jessica, mine went through the same thing at that age. Their mind is just working faster than their mouth, be patient, get her to take a deep breath and slow down if she is frustrated with it, if she's not frustrated don't worry about it unless it's going on when she's 5 and 6.