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Beginnings of a Stutter, or nothing to worry about?

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zebra · 21/02/2004 20:09

DD (2y+almost 5months) this last week is doing something different when she talks. Whatever the strongest word of a sentence is (usually the verb) she repeats it multiple times. So "Ah shaw dough" ('I shut the door' ) has become "Ah shshshshaw shaw shaw shaw shaw shaw shaw shaw shaw shaw shaw dough...."

Am trying to be patient, let her finish her own sentence and then say it back properly to her, but found myself cutting the chase today and saying the last word. I think she's just playing with language, but could it be something bad in her language development? Anybody else's child do this and then outgrow it?

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charliecat · 21/02/2004 20:13

My dd 3 still does this now but then she also can say a 30 word sentence all in one breathe 5 minutes later. I am used to it and let her stutter away at a word and dont finish it for her, i do repeat it back properly though.

twiglett · 21/02/2004 22:22

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windypops · 25/02/2004 07:53

My DS used to do this too, think their brain works faster than the mouth, very important to let them finish. Dont worry though.

ks · 25/02/2004 08:36

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