Wh-wh-wh-why is she doing this?

[LoopyLoopsRootyFroots]

DD (2.5) has recently developed a sort of stutter. Many sentences start with a repeat of the first sound, ie. "wh-wh-wh-wh-where's Daddy?" Is this just her experimenting with sounds, or something to be worried about?

My dd did just this around her 2nd birthday. I've only just noticed, but she's totally stopped, 2 months later.

My son did this, apparently at this age their brains are working faster than their mouths ! I think there is a massive stat that says they grow out of it but if not by 5/6 then it may be cause to worry. My Ds grew out of it at five

Normal!
Seriously don't worry, most children have a stutter at this age and it is perfectly and utterly normal.
My dd and ds did and now my neighbour's 3yo ds has one. It can take them ages to get a word out, but don't make a big deal of it, it'll fade once they become more confident with their sounds.

Hi Loopy. Ds2 went through a stage of this when he was about 3.. It was quite painful to listen to. By the time he got his words out the moment had passed. Anyway I contacted the HV who said it wasn't uncommon and it was as if his brain was working faster than his mouth. We stopped finishing his sentences for him to encourage him to get the words out.

It stopped in the end. If you are worried I would contact the HV and get some advice.

My DD (4) does this sometimes, it seems to be when she's in a hurry to get something out and almost trips over her own words trying to go too fast, or she's trying out letter sounds because they're learning phonics at nursery and her teachers do it (eg this is a s-s-s-s-spider). It could be her learning sounds, or just hurrying. I wouldn't panic, just see if it's something she stops, or something that only happens occasionally.

Loopy its very normal and all of mine have done it apart from DS2 who has LDs and speech delay.

She will grow out of it.

When DC4 was doing it his (very lovely) key worker at nursery took me aside and said 'when he does it we tell him to calm down and say the word'

I asked her very politely NOT to say anything to him and let him get on with it. If she wasnt such a nice person and the nursery wasnt so great I would have been slightly less polite.

Just let her finish in her own time and ignore the stutter. Once her mouth catches up with her brain it will settle down.

Thanks for your advice everyone. :)

My DS3 has taken to whispering.

ITs driving me bonkers.

Flippin kids

DS1 went through a phase of this when he was about 2.5. I did get him referred to a SALT, but by the time he was seen it had resolved itself. The SALT said it's sometimes due to them thinking ahead of their mouth and they appear to stutter to give themselves time to get back into synch again. She said just to ignore it and give him time to finish his sentence on his own (definitely don't finish their sentences for them).

OhDoAdmit - DS1 has started whispering as well. SO IRRITATING!

Ds did this and dd does it now. I put it down to their brains working faster than their mouths. I'm certain only supremely intelligent children do it

My dd2 has done this from age 2. She's now 5 and makes my brain ache. I mentioned it at parents evening (reception) and they said they hadn't noticed
My ds age 2 is now copying her

Oh I just posted a thread about this too! However I feel very reassured reading everyone's responses. And I did think that it might be because when she's excited and eager for me to listen to what she says that her words all come out like that.
Thank you x

very normal, amber