Toddler talking

[franjipani]

Hi

My DS is 21 months and quite chatty. I'm not worried about his speech development as such but in the last week or so he has kind of started yodelling a bit when he speaks... It's more "gedergedergeder car....." "gedergedergeder mummy bot bot (bottle)..."

He's trying to start speaking in short sentences so I wondered if he was doing this to bulk his sentences up a bit as he feels frustrated by not being able to speak as much as he wants to iykwim. Do any of you remember your kids doing this? I guess maybe I'm worried he may be stuttering. If he is, I just wanted to be able to know how to help. ( gosh that sounds so PFB and I try not to be, just wanted to tap into the sage advice of mumsnet). TIA.

My son is 21 months also and he yodels lots too. Especially when he is saying certain sounds eg 'digdig'(digger) or 'igglagicla' (Igglepiggle) - as though he wants to experiment with the sounds. I think it's just fun. Yes, have just yodelled (in my empty house!) and can confirm it does feel amusing!

It is fun - and they are very much experimenting with sounds. And why not... they are learning that by moving their mouths and tongues in various positions they can make amazing noises!!

However, you don't want to encourage it too much (or point it out too much) as you might find that it becomes a habit which is hard to break!

Try ignoring it and if it always happens with the same words, just correct him and say.... " "Car"... Do you mean Car...?" with a clear emphasis on the "C".

Chelsea x

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Thanks both of you! That's really reassuring. Now, just wondering how it would feel to start yodelling in the office...

what is happening is that his brain is going faster than his tongue-it soon settles down.

Mine does it too, the word "digga" get added to the start of many things (eg. "diggamumum, cheese toast?", meaning Mummy, I want some cheese on toast.) I just think it's cute, it hadn't occurred to me to worry!

ChelseaNannyTree - I always thought the advice was never to correct a child who is trying to pronounce something. Repeat it back to them clearly, yes, but correct them, no.