Stuttering?

[djc315]

I am not really worried, but wondering how normal a stutter is at 2.5 y/o.

It mostly happens when he is very excited about something and it seems like his brain is moving faster than his mouth, and only with the first word of a sentence.

Normal or not?

[Deleted]

Definitely normal. DS1 picked up a heavy stutter around 3. Enough that he would get super frustrated by it. I mentioned it to his pedi, and he said it was very common around 3is, and it's usually a growth spurt sign. It still comes and goes, especially during excitement like you said. I just try to encourage him to slow down and talk like "a big kid" so I can understand his words.

[bearbaby]

May 27, 2015 11:46:49 GMT -5 djc315 said:

I am not really worried, but wondering how normal a stutter is at 2.5 y/o.

It mostly happens when he is very excited about something and it seems like his brain is moving faster than his mouth, and only with the first word of a sentence.

Normal or not?

DS is doing the exact.same.thing.  Exactly.  He's not getting tripped up over words/sounds - he just sometimes can't get a sentence started.  I'm reading it as excitement/brain moving faster than he can keep up.  I'll check in at his 2.5 visit and see if there's any reason to be concerned, but I suspect not. 

His speech is incredibly strong, so I think this is a development thing.

[osulori]

Totally normal. You'll probably see it for the next year or so-some days will be better, other days worse.

[game blouses]

Normal. I posted about the same thing a few months ago. He was stuttering really badly (it started overnight) and gradually it lessened over the next few weeks. He's had a few flare ups but mostly his speech is back to normal. His pedi said it's totally typical.

[Deleted]

Absolutely normal. Dd1 did this for a year or so from 2.5-3.5.

[drloretta]

So, so normal

[dr.girlfriend]

Super super super common. DS went through a few different stages of this, between 2 and 4.

[satsuma]

I hope normal. DS does the same thing when he's excited. He'll say "and" a gazillion times before he continues on with his story about seeing a spider in his classroom.

[dcn]

Ds does this too - glad to see it is normal!

[djc315]

Thanks everyone. I figured it was pretty normal, but it wasn't happening a ton around his 30 month appointment, so I forgot to ask.