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Has anyone's ds/dd had a severe stutter for over a year that went???

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stairs · 14/04/2009 22:56

My ds is now 3 1/2 and began stuttering overnight just before he was 2. He is lovely, bright and really wants to talk/do things all the time. Almost every sentence is now stuttered, and some get really stuck. I have been to speech therapy and have been speaking slowly, looking at his face and waiting for him, asking closed questions and doing everything I can to slow his pace of life down (he is a fast boy) for over a year, but he is really getting worse rather than better. I am told by our speech therapist that most cases just disappear, but has this happened to anyone on here? Most people I talk to have had it pass with a child who had a mild stammer, but my ds really finds it hard to get more than a couple of words out without his sentence stopping really visably and him becoming frustrated. He tries so hard and he initiates conversation all of the time, but passing children/people are starting to give up waiting and I really feel for him. Advice/experience would be really helpful!

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Heebychick · 15/04/2009 10:39

Hi,

How upsetting for you both, it must be so hard for him to understand what is going on, bless him.

If it helps i myself had a terrible stutter at around 8 years old, it came overnight like your DS and my mum was exactly the same, supported me and tried to slow me down but i remember being so upset and panicky that these words just wouldn't come out, i couldn't get anything out and really had to concentrate and take a deep breathe before speaking. singing is supposed to help i think as this uses different breathing techniques.

Anyhow it did go overnight, i woke up one morning and went to school chattering away to my friends and my mum said in the evening "you haven't stuttered at all today' and that was that. no explanation and no reason for it up and leave but it did.

So good luck to you both, sounds like you are doing wonderfully and being very supportive.

xx

fragola · 15/04/2009 12:28

Your poor little boy, it must be very hard for you both. My brother developed a stammer after he was very ill when he was 2 1/2 and it totally disappeared after a few years. My mum said that she thought lots of singing with him every day really helped.

Good luck xx

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