DS6 repeating words under his breath

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DS6 is doing well generally but I have noticed that when he speaks, he mouths the words after he's said them. (So if he says 'Good morning,' he'll mouth Good morning after, or say it under his breath.) Just wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like this or if it sounds normal. There is history of OCD and other conditions in the family

Do you think I it's Echolia?

My DS used to do this and now he echoes what others say, albeit euth his own words tacked on to the beginning of the sentence.
It is echolalia.

My ds used to do this, not all the time but quite a bit, when I asked him he told me he was 'recording'! To me, it was like he was checking in on himself and I wondered was he a little anxious to get things just right. He doesn't do it anymore (now 9).

Sorry for the typo.

My DH does this sometimes! I never knew it had an actual name.
He'll also mumble a conversation he's having all by himself with regard to something that's just happened. I just thought he was quirky weird

I think echolalia is considered 'not unusual' in children under 3 but might be worth looking into after that. It's really common in kids with ASD. Is that a possibility?

Thank you for all your replies. I had heard the word echolalia but didn't actually know the meaning of it. @Jane159 autism also runs in the family, as does ADHD, but he doesn't have any other obvious symptoms atm

To update it seems this is a subset of echolalia called palilalia, if anyone else is wondering

My son used to do this about age 3 or 4. Would whisper repeat the last few words of a phrase. It's palilalia.
His morphed into stuttering on the final syllables of words e.g. school ool ool, and nd nd, think nk nk. That's called word final disfluency / atypical disfluency and it peaked at about 5 years.

Is there any autism in the family? My son is on the waiting list for assessment and I'm fairly sure he'll be diagnosed. This was the first real sign for us but as he's getting older I'd say there are more signs. He's 6 now.

We've seen a speech and language therapist who said best to ignore if causing no tension and it has more or less resolved. It comes back at times of high stress / anxiety. It's rare now and he doesn't notice it. For him the stuttering is more of a filler sound but the repetition was more of a habit, like he was banking the words. He has a brilliant vocabulary now so I almost think of it as him adding words to his inner dictionary.

I had this as a kid in the 80s/90s - it used to drive my family mad because I would just deny I had ever done it when I blatantly had. I'm sure it would have driven me mad too 😅 I grew out of it around 6 I guess and I'm neurotypical, so it's not always SEN related.

I do this, usually after a convo with someone I repeat back what I just said in a whisper my kids love pointing out I do it all the time.

I would say that m definitely autistic (not diagnosed) but pretty certain

My best friend used to do it as a child, let's say from 5 until maybe 9 or even 10 YO... Used to, and still does talk pretty fast, but also when younger used to skip some letters (speaking and writing) or mix order in words in a sentence.. Back then, 20-30 years ago, no one gave it a thought let alone a diagnosis, now she is an amazing accomplished woman with 2 masters degrees, speaking 4 languages 😍

My son has palilalia, but it comes and goes. Started around the age of 11 and he’s now 13. He’s not autistic, but has slight OCD tendencies. A flair up tends to happen if he’s a bit stressed, but at the moment, he’s not doing it so much.

This reminds me of Dewey in Malcolm in The Middle. Or maybe just The Middle? I recently saw the character do it on a clip and remembered how satisfying it looked.

I often say random things out loud. It's almost like a thought pops in my head, and I automatically verbalise it. I thought that was normal and everyone does it..😳

I thought you had made this up and was about to add a laughing emoji. Then I googled it.

I used to do this as a child! I had no idea there was a word for it.

My friends at school used to tell me I was doing it, i would have no idea it was happening 😂

Somehow just grew out of it, it's not happened since my teens (or at least no one has told me about it!)

I do it too, but my dc (young adults) just tell me I’m a little daft and it’s caused by my lead fillings, cheeky rascals.

It’s palilalia. I’ve done it since childhood. I’m not always aware that I’m doing it, although my awareness and control of it has improved with age.

I seem to do it more when I’m stressed.

I’ve got combined type ADHD.