Toddler suddenly stuttering

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My little girl (currently 2 years 7 months) has always chatted gobbledegook since she was tiny, and has a fantastic range of speech and words since she was about 18 months.

In the last few weeks we have noticed that she is suddenly stuttering over words and sentences. There is no pattern to which words she stumbles on, it seems to be random. It also isn't consistent, she hasn't been doing it so much the last week, but today it's been very noticeable. I haven't noticed that her speech/sentence structuring has suddenly improved as did think it might be some kind of 'leap'.

It is not bothering her, and 9 times out of 10 gets to the word she's trying to say and then carries on as usual.

Just looking for a bit of reassurance that this is a normal thing and not something we should be worried about?

Thanks!

My DS is 2y10m, 2-3 months ago I eas worrying about this exact thing. He has a wide vocabulary and very good speech but suddenly started stammering. It seemed to happen more when he was excited/tired, almost as if his mind was working faster than he could articulate. Your post has just reminded me- I've not been worrying about it as he's stopped doing it.

I'd perhaps wait a couple of months before you start worrying as may just be a phase,like my DS.

The other thing I did was discuss with his key worker at nursery who agreed it seems like something we shouldn't worry about but also worked with him to slow him down a bit which may have helped.

Has there been any changes at home recently?
My nephew started doing this when he was around 3 and it was because they had recently moved house, dsis got him checked out and was told stuttering can sometimes be caused by external stressors. It resolved itself in a few months and no hint of it at all now a few years later.

I think it’s actually quite common in toddlers though, without having any big changes. Sometimes their brain processes things faster than their mouths can. I wouldn’t worry, but if you’re concerned then speak to your gp or health visitor.

DS did that, at almost the exact same age. Mostly repeated words, generally when he was tired or excited and wanted to talk but couldn’t quite think what to say. So stuff like “Mummy! I-I-I. Mummy! I have my red digger!”. Or sometimes just “I-I-I. I-I-I”.

Grown out of it now. Just turned 3.

I found this reassuring:

www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/toddler/Pages/Stuttering-in-Toddlers-Preschoolers.aspx

My eldest did this at the same age. Was a very good speaker til then. The doctor said that it was his brain working faster than his voice and that he would grow out of it. He did. Try not to worry.

Dd 2.5 does this top sometimes. Really good speaker most of the time. It seems to be her remembering which word she wants to use rather than actually struggling to say it?