My 4 year old has developed a stutter

[Thelovelyone]

My son is 4, he developed a stutter in January out of nowhere. He is speech delayed, he only started talking when he was 3 years and 7 months, so last July, so only been talking for 10 months. Talking in sentences and has been for about 8 months. But still behind with sentence structure and some sounds such as he will say tat for cat and doh for go. He is under the care of speech therapy - they seem to think there is every chance the stutter will go away. He has good days and bad days. Has this happened to anyone else's child? If so, what was the outcome. I'm quite worried for him as I don't want him getting a complex or being picked on if it doesn't go away x

Hi, my grandaughter, almost 4, average age talker developed a bit of a stutter when she started nursery at 3. At first my daughter, her mum, thought she might have been mimicking a new friend at nursery and was keeping an eye on it. I thought it was because she is such a chatterbox, still learning new words and as her language skills developed she would outgrow it. Nursery thought this was a problem, which worried my daughter and they were referred to a speech therapist. The speech therapist was a bit baffled as to why grandaughter had been referred and said it can be common at this age, suggested a few exercises to slow speech which were helpful. They didn't think she needed to see them again, but to wait and see how things go. She is 4 in a couple of weeks and it has gone, her use of sentences and vocabulary has grown so much as she has matured. Try not to worry, as the speech therapist has said it is common in young children and most outgrow it.

Awh that's great news. That is basically what I was told. I have been given advice about how to help him over come it at home and I am trying so hard but it's only been a few months. Hopefully it will go soon x