Six-year-old has recently developed a stammer, any similar experiences?

[Tireddadplus]

6 yo DD has recently developed a stammer / stutter. Not with every word but quite regularly. Has anyone experienced this? Seems quite late. Otherwise her speech and understanding is fine. No other behaviors that worry us. Any help much appreciated!!!!

My almost 5 year old did the same. We had a speech and language person round to the house (private) and they said not to worry. His brain was ahead of his mouth.

It went in a month or so just before he started school.

He's an be adult now and there's no trace of it.

Thank you for reassuring me! I was also thinking about a private therapist

My DD had a speech delay which resolved itself age 4 then a slight stutter appeared age 6. We had private SLT and games devised to help and they worked very well and resolved quite quickly. She’s a grown woman now, post uni and a good career but says when she’s really tired she can feel her brain stumbling. She describes it like having a great computer (her brain) but sometimes a printer (her speech) plays up.

Both my boys were the same. Was advised to ignore it, not to interrupt and will dissipate - it did. No trace with either, and both have exceptional vocabularies, so try not to worry @Tireddadplus 🙏🏼

Thanks for all the info! Will keep an eye on it for now!

Dd2 had this about age 3. Stopped after about 4 months. It was worse when asked be trying to tell you something quickly. We used to tell her to take a moment and try again. But we also didn’t give it too much attention. I think most grow out of it