Suddenly Stuttering

julieb00lie · October 2011

DD has great language skills for her age. DC and Pedi have always been impressed at how many words she knows, how many words she puts together in phrases, and how clear her words are. However, two days ago she started stuttering words at the beginning of some of her phrases. For example, if she said, "Sadie wants that ball", she would say, "Sa, Sa, Sa, Sadie wants that ball". Or like, "That truck over there is blue", she would say, "That, That, That, That truck over there is blue". It's so strange because it happened overnight. She has just been doing it this weekend and it's not every time. I noticed it and didn't really say anything about it. Then DH mentioned it to me, and then MIL mentioned it. I'm thinking about calling the pedi tomorrow. I'm not sure if I should be alarmed. Thoughts?

jnk062602 · October 2011

It's always the first word, but always different words? That is odd, but maybe it is a phase - or she did it once and got a reaction, so now she keeps doing it?

DD started stuttering with the word Please a few weeks back. Puh-puh-puh-please! But it is only that one word and it has decreased since we now ignore it and don't make a big deal of it. When she first did it, I thought it was funny and cute so that re-inforced it. But hers was on purpose, like if I said no the first time she asked for something she would pull out the stuttering please.

I don't know in your case if I would be worried or not. It doesn't sound like she is doing it for a reaction like my dd was. It can't hurt to call and see what they say.

GoombaGirl_79 · October 2011

DS stutters a bit... he also has a great vocabulary and uses pretty good sentences. He stutters the first word, usually "that" or "the"... we are pretty sure it is because his vocabulary/abilities are not quite able to catch up with the idea he is trying to get across. Eg "thu...thu..thu... thu... the red lights flashing, the..they they.. they're fixed now!" in regards to the traffic light outside that was flashing red until they fixed the wiring in the area (and he talks about this even though it happened a few months ago). Or "nanna's house has bump bump stairs tha..tha..tha... go down on the bum!" talking about sliding down his nanna's stairway on his bum. He's 2 years 2 mo old.

games2010 · October 2011

My daughter is exactly the same age and started doing exactly the same thing about 3 weeks ago. It is nothing to worry about. She is just excited and has a lot to say so it gets jammed up when it is coming out. It is not a true stutter. Pay attention to when she does it to see if it is excitement. My DCP said she has seen a lot of kids go through this stage.

jeaniebeanie · October 2011

Very normal at that age. More common in boys than girls. It?s just the brain going faster than the mouth. Don?t pay attention to it: don?t tell her to slow down, don?t correct her, just give her time to answer. She will grow out of it.

KathrynMD · October 2011

my DD does this too, I think its pretty common at this age. I think they are working on sounds/playing w/ language and their brains are catching w/ their mouths.

penguinem · October 2011

Totally normal! My DD goes through this prior to verbal explosions. Sometimes she will even get frustrated and say, "I can't say it!". I was anxious the first time and called my SIL who is a speech and languauge pathologist and she said it's totally normal, esp if the child's cognitive ability to think of what they want to say exceeds their physical ability to do so. DD usually stops after a couple weeks and then is fine for a month or two, then it will happen again. Each time she comes out speaking even clearer!

momtoRaegan041008 · October 2011

In my experience it was a phase. She actually went through it again a couple weeks ago.

UsedToBeGoldie · October 2011

Griffin started stuttering at that age- it was right when he had a big word explosion - and it was SO hard to watch him go through- but speech pathologists, our docs, and friends who dealt with it all said to give it time... to make sure you don't finish his sentences, and just give him time to get his thoughts out. His brain was going faster than his mouth could.

it lasted about 2 months and then went away.

Topi-Jan · October 2011

jeaniebeanie:
Very normal at that age. More common in boys than girls. It?s just the brain going faster than the mouth. Don?t pay attention to it: don?t tell her to slow down, don?t correct her, just give her time to answer. She will grow out of it.

This. My son started to do the same thing around that age. He was super verbal and pedi said it was just his brain working faster than his mouth could create the words. We just waited until he was done with his thought. He eventually grew out of it.

jday1229 · October 2011

We haven't experienced this yet but I was part of a conversation among some moms recently who were going through the same thing. The advice there was to not draw attention to it because it can cause some kids to get more anxious about talking.

Hopin4aBaby · October 2011

I agree with everyone else's suggestions. My oldest DD started stuttering when she was almost 2.5yr old. She actually stuttered for a really long time, almost 9 months. It had gotten pretty bad at one point. But, I am happy to say that it is almost non-existent. Ever so often she will have a day or so where she does it it a little bit but then stops.

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