My little boy has just turned 3 and for the past 3 weeks has been doing the following regularly enough for me to be concerned, for example:
"My -my-my-my-my-my-my-my-knee-knee-knee....." at the start of sentences. The repetition of the first or second word can go on for up to 8 times.
It is the words he is repeating, not the first sound, if that makes sense.
Today he got frustrated with himself for the first time while trying to get a sentence out and stopped... it broke my heart.
I will be going to a speech therapy drop in with him next week but just wondered if there were any speech therapists who know anything about this - is it something which will just eventually stop once he's less tired/busy... or should I be seeking professional help for him? He is a fast little boy, always rushing around and bumping into things, this is like he's rushing to talk and his brain is working faster than his speech?