Stammering anyone had any experience of it?

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ds 2.5 has just in the last week started stammering well at least I think it's stammering. When he starts a sentence with where he says where about 6 times before he gets the next couple of words out. Speech is very fluent other than this and he has a large vocab... is it stammering do I need to see anyone? Dh had a stammer as a child.

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I posted this a while ago about my DS who is 2.8yrs. He seems to stutter/stammer at the end of a sentence. WAs told it seemed to be common and to see what happens although think next time I see HV might mention it.

ds1 went through this at the same age - only lasted a few months and was quite bizarre as it started one day and then a few months later completely disappeared. We tried not to comment on it and to let him finish his sentences himself - although that was hard sometimes! Hopefully it's a toddler thing and it'll go of its own accord.

I started a thread on this a while back too. The main advice was just to be patient, don't draw attention to it (don't tell him to take a breath/help him finish etc), and he should grow out of it.

I had it as a child too - speech therapist said it was where my brain worked faster than my mouth

My ds2 had a bit of a stammer when he was young, in fact he still has to some extent. As you describe, it normally takes the form of saying the first word of a sentence several times, usually the name of the person he is talking to.

I did take him to a stammer clinic when he was about 2 as there was a walk in one where I lived, but they weren't too concerned, and I was reassured by that. My ds had a very broad vocabulary from a very early age and is very bright so I think the feeling was that he was just too excited and eager to say what he wanted to say and hence he was stumbling over his words. Would you say that description fitted your ds?

Alternatively, if your dh had a stammer as a child, surely he is the best person to judge how your ds's stammer compares. Did he have therapy? What does he think about it?

thanks Nemo I've just had a look at a website which suggests speech therapy assessment, like you I think i will speak to the HV.

Dh noticed it which is a worry in itself a she doesn't notice much I think I just thought ds was like yours Dumbledoresgirl bright and in too much of a hurry to get things out but it just seems to be where and what the rest of his speech is perfectly fluent.