Just last week my little clear speaker started getting his words stuck. He starts to say something like “What are you doing?” What comes out of his mouth is “What, What, What.” He gets so frustrated with himself and his words. This isn’t all the time. Sometimes it’s when he is tired. Sometimes it is when he has just gotten up. Sometimes it just happens.
I got worried and talked to my mom and my husband’s mom about it. My mom said that it was just a stage that he was going through and it would pass. My mother in-law remembered that both my husband’s sister Angela and her great granddaughter MK have trouble with this too. “Their brains were processing things too fast for them to speak their thoughts,” she said.
It is so hard to hear him struggle to get words out. I try to stop him and have him count 1, 2, 3. Then I have him try to start the sentence again sometimes that works. If it doesn’t I try to get him to slow down and focus on something else. That seems to work sometimes too.
We were at my mother in-laws over the weekend and she go to hear the what whats and the I I Is firsthand. When got ready to leave, she mentioned we might want to talk to a speech pathologist that we know. It is easy to say that it will pass. It is hard to hear him struggle. This is probably just a stage. We hope it is.
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Our (now 7 y.o) went through a stage where he stuttered. We were assured he would outgrow it. And he did. They are just still learning how to BE, you know?
One of my niece’s did the exact same thing. She’s 10 now and talking fine. (Well, usually talking too much, but not having a problem getting started.)
I understand your mom pain and worries though.
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My 2yo son (who is in speech therapy, but not for this) just started doing the same thing. The speech therapist says it’s a normal developmental phase for many kids.
i think it is normal, but heck, i am just learning…
i will pray for you to find the answers to this…
My oldest did this he would say “mmamadadda” for everything 🙂
I went through that as a child. In 7th grade my parents placed me in speech therapy during the school day and I HATED every minute I was there. But eventually my studdering stopped. But now, as a 29 year old my studdering has started up again. which provides for many embarrassing moments during my day since I am on the phone with customers, media and my boss daily and on weekends when I photograph weddings.
Just like when you have your son stop what he’s trying to say and count to 3 or redirect his thoughts, I too do that now. Instead I say out loud (regardless of the situation because I can’t just do it silently) “Excuse me, let me try that again” so I can just then restart my sentence. It usually works.
But I am now to the point where I want to seek professional help for my studdering.
Prayers for you and your little guy.
My 3 yo daughter does this every once in a while. Usually it is when she gets too excited or you can tell that she is thinking a lot because she has a lot to say. We have her in ST now, but it is for articulation. Doesn’t hurt to talk to someone if only for peace of mind, but hopefully it too shall pass.
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Selena went through a slight stage of this. I wasn’t too concerned as she had been talking very well before it started. You could talk to your pediatrician, but it seems that at this age their minds work faster then they can spit the words out or they get started and forget what they are trying to say. It is frustrating for them.
I heard you should try not to call too much attention to it and just be patient and wait for them to get their thoughts out. But heck, I don’t really know. I might call up the pediatrician’s office and talk to the nurse to get some advice.
I hope you can figure something out for him soon!
Its hard whenever there isn’t a quick, easy, reasonable answer. But, it could be anything from no problem at all to something needing some help with. If it were me, I would just get it checked out, if I could, and not worry. Whether this is just a phase, just him, or something more, you’ll love him all the same, I’m sure. Best of luck to both of you!! :> Thanks for stopping by today, so that I could click my way back to say ‘hello’ to you!
Hi! Hopping over from blogfrog and I’m glad I did. I’m a pediatric speech/language therapist, so this is what I do for a living! What you are describing is totally normal for a 2 year old. I have this conversation with parents often! Don’t worry! BUT… I’d stop interrupting him. Call no attention to his repeated words. Let him finish all on his own and then just respond like he said it with no problem at all. Don’t stop him, or count, or anything like that. I know it’s hard (SO hard!) to just act as if he’s not struggling at all, but it’s really, really the best thing to do. In all likelihood, it’s just a phase and will pass all on its own, especially if you do those things. 🙂
Becca’s advice says it all! I remember all of my younger cousins and my own kids going thru this stage, especially when they were excited.
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It’s good to read what Becca says cus she should know. I understand your worrying. I think our kids are probably what we worry about more than anything else.
I loved that you had both sides of the family to get information from in regards to what is happening.
You’ve already received some great info above, so if it was me, I’d continue to do what you are doing but also talk to his pediatrician.
I’m sure it is just a phase but perhaps it’s better to have it checked out just in case! That way you can rest easy if there’s no problem, and get prompt therapy if there is. Either way, it’s fine!!
I can imagine you’d be worried. I second having him checked IF you’ve noticed anything else like increased clumsiness or sleeping longer hours.
Is your son bothered by the stuttering at all — getting frustrated or embarrassed??? Or is he so young that he doesn’t seem to notice?