some friendly advice pleeease re my yr nine month dts sudden stutter.....

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Hi please can any of yiu advise me.. My dear twin sons have always been very clever and above averagefor their age. They have been speaking in sentences for a long time now. However recently (past month ish) one of them has deeveloped quite a severe stutter i.e...can can can acna can you help me put my shoes on etc etc etc. Now should I be concerned or should I ignore it or what?? Any ideas??I dont want to make it worse by trying to correct him...any ideas please????xxxxx

anybody have any idea what to do on this one??????

Speaking in sentences at nine months?

Not sure how old they are but I'd either go to HV or GP and ask for a Speech therapist referral.

Am assuming you don't mean they're 9 months though.

lol 2 years and ninev monthsv sorry doh!!!

Well I'd speak to HV and ask for a SALT referral.

Good luck.

hi confused. DS1 developed a stutter when he was around two. Lots of 'whe, whe, whe, where are we going?'

His paediatrician said it's quite normal for toddlers to start stumbling with words at that age, especially boys, and that they usually grow out of it. He also said not to correct DS1 as that would just make him self-conscious. DS1 is now three and a half, and hasn't stuttered for ages. I would get your boy checked out, but it may well be just a phase, and nothing to worry about.

My ds2 developed a stutter it seemed in a matter of days when he was 23/24 mths. He had never shown any signs previous. I was so worried. I got speaking to a private speech and language therapist who explained that because children develop at such a fast pace their speech just cannot keep up with the ideas they have and what they want to express.I have to say I think this was exactly the case with ds. After about 2 weeks it stopped as suddenly as it had began. I did not pass comment on the stuttering but once ds eventually got his sentence out I would slowly repeat what he had said. It is very difficult and demands great patience to keep smiling and wait till they get it all said. Ds is now a very chatty 6 yr old whose tongue never rests.

I've been told the same as 4plus1, ds1 & ds2 have both seen a SALT. It's very common, one of the major signs that it's more of a problem is if they are aware and embarrassed by it. DS1 has something called dysfluency, which is what your ds is exhibiting I think (a stutter is c.c.c.c.can I dysfluency is can can can can I). Only a problem if it's more long-term. Try to slow down your own speech, don't finish his sentences, don't draw attention to it and in all liklihood it will ease off as quickly as it has appeared. I was told that with ds1 (who is nearly 7 now) it was a sign of how bright he was, because his vocabulary was not quite catching up with his tongue. That made me feel better :)

DS2 is exactly the same age as your DTs confused, I took him to the drop-in speech therapy and she said most grow out of it in a few weeks / months, a few don't. There's no way of knowing which ones will. The advice I was given is to try and speak more slowly to him and not to ask him too many questions! (he is doing it mostly on I and My when he's desperate to say something!). At the moment he is doing it every other day for some reason! You definitely have to ignore it for now.

I have twin grandaughters - now 5 - and one of them (the slightly younger) had the same problem at that age. I think it's just down to the brain working too fast for the talking skills! They have a lot they want to say and just can't get it out. No-one mentioned it or made an issue of it and she got over it in about 6 months

Get him to speak slower, and make sure he is not interrupted when speaking. But if it seems to be persistent do get a referral to a speech therapist (check with your GP how long this is likely to take, as you may want to start the process now just in case).

thanks you ladies for all your kind advice. I think I will take your advice and my intuition to ignore it for now and not to make an issue of it. I will see how he gets on in the next month and if i see no signs if improvement I will ask for a SALT referral through the HV. Thanks again 4 your advice. I willtry and slow down my speech to him and ensure he is not interupted when speaking. xx