could my dd be developing a stammer

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she is 2.10 and her speach has always been very good. you could have a conversation with her when she was about 18 months. recenley she has started to struggle getting words out. this is only if she is excited. my dad had a stammer for some years in his youth. is this normal or do you think it could be the start of a stammer. i have always thought it was just normal but she spent a few days with my mum last month and she mentioned it to me

My daughter had a very noticeable stammer between the age of 2 and 3. We even visited a speech therapist, but towards 3 it got better and then completely disappeared by the time she was 4.

Not sure if this helped!

thanks. that has reasured me a bit

Stammers typically remit and the reoccur. Which is confusing as it is quite usual for children of your child's age to have dysfluency and for it not to reoccur ie this is a normal stage of development. However it is worth seeing a specialist who can usually differentiate between developmental dysfluency and a stammer. Try to find a speech therapist who specialises in stammering in children - it is a niche specialism.

Get it looked at while she is still pre school.

City University in London have a specialist clinic, the Compass Clinic, aimed at pre school children. They offer Lidcombe treatment which is extrmely effective and it has amazing results on pre school children.

Trust your instincts, you know your child. I was very concerned about my ds at your dd's age. He was precocious talker and began to stammer. It came and went for months on end. We saw an expert. It was a stammer and not developmental dysfluency and by working very hard for about two years it is not existent. Key to try and eradicate before they beomce conscious of it as this can entrench the problem.

Stammers in adults can potentially be very disabling on a lot of fronts - career, relationships etc...

Feel free to PM me.