daughter started stuttering a lot

[LITTLELOLLI]

Hi, My daughter is 2 yrs and 3 month and is quite a good talker she has recently started stammering a lot. She says things like i want more more more more juice. Its the whole word she repeats a lot not just the first letter like w w w w w wee iykwim. I am due to see the health visitor soon so will mention it to her but has anyone else experience this or think its anything to worry about. She does do it quite a lot!

thanks

YES!! My son started doing it when he was 2.6 months. He was a fab talker too. Sometimes he would get so upset and say 'I just can't say the words mummy'. I was really worried but apparantly its really common. He gradually did it less and less over a few months and now hardly ever does it. He's nearly 4. I was told not to make a huge fuss and to wait patiently for him to say the word, unless he was getting really distressed then I'd gently prompt him.

DD1 did this - I remember posting about it. She too grew out of it (is 6 now). It's as though her brain was too quick for her mouth.

Unfortunately () they're perfectly in synch now.

My ds started doing this at 2.2 and is also a very good talker. I was worried sick because my brother has a stammer. He grew out of it almost overnight though.

Have a friend with 2.5 yrs ds. He started repeating whole words to get sentences out. Friend took him to see a speach therapist (as her DH has stammering problems) but therapist says it's completely fine and normal and that he will grow out of it. Hope this helps.

oh goo, thats good to know thank you all very much!

My daughter had a stuttering phase around 2 1/4 - 2 1/2 but it has now cleared up (she is 2 3/4 now). I posted a message on another website about it and the advice was to talk slowly to her so that she would talk slowly too, and not to make a fuss or draw attention to it. She too is a very good talker - it seems to be the good talkers that get it! It tended to happen when she was very excited about something and couldn't get the words out fast enough. Hopefully it will clear up in a month or two.

My daughter had a stuttering phase around 2 1/4 - 2 1/2 but it has now cleared up (she is 2 3/4 now). I posted a message on another website about it and the advice was to talk slowly to her so that she would talk slowly too, and not to make a fuss or draw attention to it. She too is a very good talker - it seems to be the good talkers that get it! It tended to happen when she was very excited about something and couldn't get the words out fast enough. Hopefully it will clear up in a month or two.

I would just like to add that my daughter too went through this stage at about 2 1/2. We saw a speech therapist,who she never stuttered in front of!. My DD is now 6 and has completely grown out of it.

The speech therapist gave us some very good advice:

1. Pay attention when she talks to you, never interrupt.
2. Don't talk about the stutter in front of her.
3. Play board games together, this gives opportunities for one-to-one conversation.
4. Don't ask lots of questions and put her under pressure.

Good Luck.

My dd had a stutter at this age too. DP was quite concerned about it, but we never made anything of it and she grew out of it in a few months. She now talks absolutely fine. I'd just try to ignore it as best you can and hopefully it'll put itself right in a little while.

My sister had a stutter for a few years, all we ever did was be very patient, speak clearly and slowly back to her and if she got really really het up about saying something we would just say tell her to calm down a little and talk slowly.

She too grew out of it and is now a 20 yr old woman who speaks beautifully.

its a natural development phase .. all children go through it .. their brains work quicker than their mouths can

don't pay it any attention
don't finish her sentences
don't get impatient
just wait till she's finished, repeat her sentence ..'you want some juice' and continue

it'll go in a few months (unless you make her self-conscious of course)

thanks for all the great advice.