DD Has Started Stuttering

[bellarosa]

Hi,

My dd1 is 26 months old and has been talking very well for her age, however the past few weeks she has developed a quite pronounced stutter.
It began gradually and i thought nothing of it, that it was just her getting used to certain words and playing around with the sounds, but this past week she is having real difficulty with nearly every word and it has become obvoius that it is more than just playfulness.

The only thing i can link it with time wise, is me and dh have had a few major rows which she has eithor been whitness to or overheard.
I am really worried that this has brought it on.

I dont really know anything about stuttering/ stammering and wondered if any of you ladies could point me in the right direction for advise/ help/ what to do or not do.

Thanks

This is perfectly normal at this age, lots of kids have it, and they grow out of it. DS1 had it, off and on, when he was little, and now, at five, doesn't stutter at all.

I was told to not make a fuss about it, and just wait patiently for her to get the words out. I don't know if it helped, but it certainly didn't hurt.

Thats what i thought, that children often get it when learning to talk, but dh has been going on and on about it all day and has got me really worried.

I'm glad that your ds overcame it.

It's really not something he overcame, so much as outgrew. Please tell your DH to stop worrying about it. DS1 was a very good talker for his age, talked quickly and clearly from an early age. But sometimes their mouth just can't quite keep up, and they stutter. Perfectly normal.

A friend with an older DD (about 5) had very successful speech therapy for a stutter (HV would refer you) but while so little I think bellarosa is right - just sit it out for a while and it will probably pass.

Sorry - I'm too tired to read - I meant "I think NQC is right"

My ds1 did this - we didn't draw any attention to it and the phase passed quickly. Hopefully it will be the same for your dd1.

yes, i think your right, i havent been making a big deal out of it and just talk to her/ listen normally, just dh is a bit of an overprotective nightmare at times when it comes to dd1!

she doesnt stop talking and singing all day and like you say, i think her brain is sometimes ahead of her mouth.

will just let her get on with it.

thanks nqc!

bellarose - I had a mindee that did exactly the same too. His parents took him to see our local speech therapyst(?) and she said that it was perfectly natural as well. He soon grew out of it, but you must try not to draw attention to it. If you are still worried, why don't you contact your local speech team for some help? Good luck.

thanks all you other ladies too! [smile}

rather

yep, will keep dh from drawing attention to it and make him read this thread!

I have posted this lots of times in the last three years , so apologies if I am now down to the brief version.

DS at the time 2.5 stuttered so badly I could have wept. Not all the time, but just some times.

Friend, speech therapist, said ignore it. We did.

Met her socially exactly a year later and she walked up to me grinning and said, I hear you can't shut your DS up.

Do not focus on it, it will make it worse all round.

HTH

Oh and BTW I still can't shut him up.

My DD talked early and very clearly. I was really shocked when she started stuttering badly just after 2nd birthday. She did grow out of it but occasionally lingers over words and sentences but I am not worried about it. I think it is part of normal development especially when the brain is going faster than the mouth! I made a point not to finish sentences and words and did not draw attention to it!