i'm really starting to worry. ds turned 3 ten days ago. Now I've read 'Intro to Language Pathology' (just applied to Reading for SALT) so I do know that 'every child stammers' at exactly this stage. But ds is not just repeating words 'no no no no no no' etc in order to get going or to stop other people butting in (he's done that for months, that's fine). He is now actually physically blocking, particularly on 'd', 'c', 'sh' and 'a' - for the last, he has a kind of physical tic with his hand going up to his face.
I'm not asking you to diagnose via the internet (well of course I am, but recognise you can't) but is this part of 'normal' developmental stammering, or should I take him along for an assessment?
We had an enormously stressful Nov and Dec, and then he started pre-school the day after he turned 3. Clearly he's very tired so that's part of it, but I'm worried he could perhaps do with a bit of support to stop any habits developing.
Oh I hope you can reassure me! Thank you for reading if you've got this far...