2yo stammering

[Shananaaah]

Hi all,

My 2yo DS started stammering about 6 weeks ago. It lasted for about 4 days, then just disappeared, but on Friday it started again.

He is saying the first word of his sentence repeatedly for example, instead of "no cereal" he is saying " no no no no no no cereal" and you can see he is trying to get the rest of the sentence out.

I am *pretty* sure it's because he seems to be having big bursts of learning atm (and the timing coincides), so I am thinking it's because his brain is working faster than his mouth can.

Has anyone else experienced this? Should I be trying to help him, or just let it run it's course?

TIA

[SalTheGal]

My DS (2.5yrs) will stammer sometimes too....its like he gets caught with his mind going faster than his mouth- it can be quite concerning when you have to listen to it though can't it??

I wouldn't stress, I truly think it is just their little minds learning new things so fast that they simply can't keep up with it!

Has anything else happened in your lives lately that might cause him anxiety? I know my Nephew started stammering at a similar age, but it was also at the time his little sister was born, so i think he suffered a bit of stress at suddenly having to share his world with a sibling...suffice to say he is 5 now and has absolutely no issues whatsoever!

(Oh and as for what to do- I let DS go, and give him time to try and find his own words...if it looks like he is really stuck I ask him a question in order for him to be able to recompose his thoughts and start again, which seems to work well)

[Shananaaah]

Thanks Sal :)

I was wondering about the stress thing too, and I know we had a lot of interstate visitors staying the first time it happened, so I wondered if the upheaval at home and all the attention was getting to him? But last week was a normal week.

I think you're right, it's just his brain and mouth not being in sync at the moment. And as I said, he is in a big learning phase right now - a bunch of new things almost daily, so it's probably just so much new information going around in his head, and not being able to get it all out.

ATM I just leave him be/wait for him and he is fine with getting the words out eventually. I'll just keep an eye on it. Thanks!!

[Seacretsquirrel]

Yep DD did it for a bit too (still does on occasion if she is excited and trying to get thoughts out fast!) I agree with SalTheGal it can be quite normal at this age - jus tkeep an eye on it and ask your Dr if you think it isn't improving or is getting worse.

I did read somewhere that you are supposed to just let them go and sort through their thoughts and get it out in their own time. I would get her to slow down and think about what she wanted to say and that worked for her (but I have since heard that that is not a good thing to do:o)

[Oya]

My 2 year old son does this too, I have been told it's totally normal.

[3 bambinos]

My 22 month old is stammering on certain words mostly these three n n n n noisy, b b b b ball, b b b b b bottle. He is very verbal and does say a lot of words well. These three he consistently stammers on and I'm not sure if its habit or a problem.

He can say no and brother and book without repeating the n or b. He can say 'no bottle' clearly but when asking for a bottle it is 'b b b b bottle.'

Is this 'normal'?