My 3yr old- is his speech development weird?

[bergentulip]

My 3yr old DS seems to be doing pretty well, picking up lots of words, slowly forming sentences, just where I think he should be developmentally, considering he is trying to master three languages.

However, there is one little 'quirk' of his I have noticed developing, and it strikes me as 'abnormal'. Perhaps just a phase, but would like to see what others think- or if it is symptomatic of something else even?

At the end of sentences, he will repeat the last sound made, ie "I like that -t -t -t", or "I got my shoes -ss -ss -ss", or whatever the last consonant happens to be. Maybe he is just trying out the noises, but I notice it more and more.

Any ideas? Or anyone had a similar experience with their child learning to speak?

sounds normal to me speech therapist says they normally do things like this to start with and as words become more familiar and they hear them more it usually stops

just repeat the word back thats right shoes as it is supposed to be said he sounds like his doing really well bless him

DD1 did this as well, only with SSS at the end, it was as if she couldn't stop saying it. It lasted a couple of months maybe and it wasn't for every word ending in S. She's 3.3 now and no longer does this.

We never said anything to her about it because she seemed quite self-conscious about it (averting gaze).

Thanks, so far sounds like a phase that he'll get past. I have not made any comments about him doing it, or until now repeated the word or corrected him.
It's been a couple of months now, so I'll see what happens I think.

(i'm an slt). Yes, all good advice. Lots of children stammer as part of their normal development so I wouldn't worry at the moment. Best to give him as much time as possible to finish what he is saying, don't finish off his sentences or hurry him.

As you say, give him a bit more time and if it doesn't improve, refer to speech and language therapy. (you can do this yourself, without going through gp or health visitor)

Thanks DHW!! Appreciated.

hope it didnt sound like i was saying to tell him as its supposed to be said i jsut meant thats right shoes

my SALT said to do this as the more they hear how a word is said they pick it up

What you said is exactly right, bubblagirl. Let them finish what they want to say and repeat it back to model it correctly. e.g. dc 'i got my ssssssshoes', mum 'yes, that's your shoes'.

I read it as you meant it BG