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Stuttering is normal, right?

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DS turned 3 in December and had a verbal explosion over the last two months, both in clarity and vocabulary.  Over the last week, he started stuttering when he's talking about what he wants.  It's almost always on the word "I", as in, "I-I-I-I-I-I-I don't want to go to bed" or whatever, but he's not whining or upset, just talking.  I can't think of a time when he's stuttered a different word.  I remember DD stuttering, but I think she was much younger than 3.  It's normal, right?  Lots of thoughts running through his little head and he's just trying to get it out?
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  • brideonjuly8brideonjuly8 member
    Absolutely.  DS started this too, around TG, and still does it, though not as bad.  It's absolutely normal, and don't try to correct him or say anything about it, per my SLP sister-in-law.  :)
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  • BoxerMommaBoxerMomma

    ill post the link to my thread from a few months ago. i ended up taking her to the pediatrician, as soon as i did, it stopped :) 

    https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/52718016.aspx 

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  • joycojoyco
    A friend of mine just recently took her kid to the speech therapist.  He's 8.  They say that in Texas, they don't worry about boys and their speech until later because so many boys have issues speaking.  I wouldn't worry.  One of my kids is on constant repeat:  "I want to go to, I want to go to, I want to go to, I want to go to the, I want to go to the, I want to go to the store!"  Drives me batty, but whatever, he'll figure it out soon enough.
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  • august8080august8080 member

    It's normal at his age and with the language explosion you mentioned. The brain is firing faster than his oral motor skills can keep up with.

    Don't point it out or make it a "thing" but you can tell him something along these lines: Sometimes my brain is thinking so fast that the words get stuck in my mouth! When that happens, I stop my words and just take a deep breath and try again and then the words come out! You can even demonstrate for him, if that's helpful, as it often is with kids that age. 

    If the stuttering doesn't pass in a couple of months, you'd want to get him evaluated by a speech-language pathologist, but chances are, it will. 

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  • EmerEmer member
    Thanks, everyone.  It's amazing how your brain just runs wild when you notice something different about your child.  I'll calm down, now :)
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  • carlinlpcarlinlp member
    It's both related to development and stress.  Stress as in stuff we wouldn't think twice about usually.  Could he be stressed about any changes, schedules, potty training or lovie loss?  Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it too much.  Even with all of DS's issues, he's started stuttering again about 6 weeks ago and I won't have him evaluated again unless it goes on for more than 3+ months or he loses vocabulary.  We don't make a big deal about it, just stop and listen to him and give him all the time he needs.  When it was accompanied with the speech loss with his vax injury way back when, it was really frustrating for him.  If your DS gets super frustrated with it, I might take a different route, otherwise, I'd wait it out =)


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  • EmerEmer member

    imagecarlinlp:
    It's both related to development and stress.  Stress as in stuff we wouldn't think twice about usually.  Could he be stressed about any changes, schedules, potty training or lovie loss?  Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it too much.  Even with all of DS's issues, he's started stuttering again about 6 weeks ago and I won't have him evaluated again unless it goes on for more than 3+ months or he loses vocabulary.  We don't make a big deal about it, just stop and listen to him and give him all the time he needs.  When it was accompanied with the speech loss with his vax injury way back when, it was really frustrating for him.  If your DS gets super frustrated with it, I might take a different route, otherwise, I'd wait it out =)

    Hmmm, it could be the adjustment back to school, but it started before that.  But we did have quite a bit of family time before Christmas and then I was working a ton the next week, which is when it started.  He also started rejecting babysitters, which seemed like a mommy attachment thing, I just didn't think about the stress aspect of that on his speech.  

    And we don't say anything at all when it happens and it doesn't seem to frustrate him.  I don't think he really notices, honestly. 

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  • carlinlpcarlinlp member

    I totally get that....DS is a mommas boy and I love it, but it can stress him out sometimes too.  Sweet, sensitive boys <3  Maybe a mommy date would help?  T used to stutter at 3 and it was always due to stress.  Disappeared on it's own.  Both my mom and my MIL said dh and I did the same things at 3.

    I honestly think DS's is more development related bc he had a big explosion in vocabulary and I think his mind is just working faster than his mouth at this point, so I'm going to wait it out. 



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