Please help! Is this dyslexia?

[MyFirstPatrik]

My 5 year old has been talking weirdly. It has been going on for a while, but I always thought he is just messing around, but I have come to the point I think something isn't right? So, he keeps mixing up words. Like they are in one category, and uses them in wrong way. Let me give you examples: he says salt for sugar (vica versa), doughnut for bagel, strawberries for oranges? It is mainly food related. As he just started to learn to write, of course he writes 'b' as a 'd', also mixes them up while reading, but he is just started learning them, so I don't count these. Is this dyslexia? Anyone else experienced this?

I wouldn’t jump to dyslexia. Children mix up letters and this is normal until about 7.

My son is 6, very bright, but still gets letters back to front.

My daughter is 8 and has just been assessed for dyslexia. She still gets letters mixed up.

Dyslexia won’t be assessed for until they’re 7 as it takes time to know what is just natural kid behaviour.

I’d say, unless it’s a very frequent thing, that it’s just general scattiness of a young child. At a push perhaps look at working memory problems which can link with dyslexia.

Thank you for your comment! It happens quite often, that is why I started thinking something might be up.
But as you said,it could be just scattiness! Give him more time, hopefully he will grow out of it 🙂