My son is 2 1/2 years old. In the past few months he has progressed remarkably from just knowing a lot of words to now being able to form intelligent sentences. Many people have commented on how well he talks. In the past week or so, though, he has begun to stutter a lot. I am not bothered by it and I am very patient with him. Sometimes if I tell him to slow down, he can tell me what he's trying to say a little easier. I'm just curious if this is anything that I should be concerned about? I mean, if it's just a phase, or if it could be the beginning of a speech problem? Nothing has changed for him recently to attribute this to, so I wonder if this is just the normal progression of language and he will soon grow out of it? Thanks for your help!
i would ask his pediatrician. a certain amount of stuttering is normal when kids are learning words so quickly and my son also seems to trip up when he's trying to talk and he's excited but if it's a lot of stuttering i would get it checked out just in case. the earlier the speech therapy, the better the results.
My son is 3 and started stuttering a few months ago..it gets better and then comes back. I have read up on it and they say to not acknowledge it. Do not tell him to slow down...just wait for him to finish what he is saying (don't make any facial expressions b/c they pick up on it) and then answer him. If you do not acknowledge it, it is supposed to go away on its own if it's just a growth thing. Otherwise, if you do start acknowledging it, he will get self conscious and then that's when issues can occur. I am in the same boat as you, however, I do not think I would worry until they hit 5 and they are still stuttering, then I would go to speech therapy. My son is very smart and I think his brain is moving too fast for his mouth sometimes...Good luck!
It's normal for many children to go through a stuttering phase, and it really is just their mind working faster than their mouth. This is very common during the preschool years. If you are at all concerned, check out this website.
http://www.stutteringhelp.org/
My SIL is a Speech Pathologist, and this is a website she highly recommends. It might help you decide whether this is just normal development or something more. If you are still concerned, I would just talk to your ped. He/she should be able to talk to you and help you decide whether or not an eval is a good idea. Good luck! And good for you for thinking about it!
My daughter stuttered for a bit when she was younger. Her Dr said its probably due to her thoughts moving faster than her words, at least in her case. This proved to be true. I had to tell her to calm down & slow down. It worked fairly well & she outgrew the stuttering by the time she was 8.
At this age the speed of development is staggering.their brains are loaded with what they just learned, what they are trying to learn, trying to showoff that they know it sometimes their ability to keep a smooth speech gate is too difficult.if itdoesn't clear by about four and a half get am evaluation by your school district
You are on the right track here: "I wonder if this is just the normal progression of language and he will soon grow out of it."
Our daughter stuttered for a while -- in the 3 - 4 year range. Now at 5 1/2, I don't think she really does at all. Our ped. said to just ignore it.
My son is 3.5 yo. From approximately 2.5-3 yo, he would stutter at the start of some questions. As in "Wh-wh-wh-what is that? "Wh-wh-where are we going today?" He was just so excited about wanting to know so many new things and using this wonderful new speech thing, he just couldn't get out the questions quick enough! No worries, Mama! We didn't even acknowledge it. We just paraphrased his question back to him. I rarely hear any stutter at all now.
