2.7 yo DS starting with stammer?

[berberana]

No experience of this previously so just wondering whether it is common or possibly a cause for concern. 2.7 yo DS is pretty good with talking, good vocabulary for his age and can in most cases explain himself well. In the last few days he has started to stutter at the beginnings of sentences e.g "come-come-come-come on the slide, Mummy", "wha-wha-wha-wha-what's that" etc. It's worse when he's tired but seems to be happening more and more... Is this a phase that a lot of toddlers go through which then rights itself, or something I should keep a close eye/ear on? Grateful for any thoughts.

Dd did this at around the same age. She also has a large vocabulary and had always been a great talker. I read somewhere that it's when their brain moves faster than their mouths can but it never really seemed like that with Dd, like your ds though it was worse when tired.
I completely ignored it (hard as I was quite upset for her) and made a point of waiting for her to get her own sentence out rather than jumping in. Anyway she turned 3 this month and stammer has completely gone. I'd actually forgotten about it until I read your post then realised I can't recall when she last did it.

My DS did this around this age. Very good vocabulary and a bright boy. We were quite worried at first, however he stopped when he was 3. Same as above his brain moving faster than him being able to get his words out. He's 16 now and no probs at all.

That's reassuring, thank you! It did seem at first as if he had so much in his mind that he almost got distracted by another thought as soon as he started the sentence but the more it happened the more I started to be a little concerned. Patience is obviously the key and I'll stop worrying!

DD was the same around this age. I think she was just thinking faster than she was able to talk. it fully disappeared somewhere between 3&4 she's 4.5 now and very articulate

completely normal just give them time to finish their sentence and ignore the stutter however if they start to have physical symptoms as though they're making a very big effort to get the words out then they may need some speech therapy

Another one here, DS started around the same age, it stopped by itself. Every so often, we'd tell him to stop and think about what he wanted to say before he started, or take a breath before talking. But mostly just ignored it, told family to do the same and eventually noticed he wasn't doing it anymore. He was an early talker and still has a lot to say - we talk about sharing the sound space now, as his talking can be overwhelming to me (he's 5.8 now).