Help - My Child Is Stuttering/Stammering Out Of The Blue

fozziebeartoo

My DD started to stammer very suddenly and very severely, she was a bit older, 4 or 5.

It stopped as suddenly as it started.

She is 24 now and never stops talking......;)

We never discovered the cause.

moomoomama27

My daughter did this, just after starting nursery, it lasted several months, and she grew out of it. With her it was a confidence issue, but I was told it can be developmental, especially if the brain is workng faster than the speech!

Metranil_Vavin

My son is 3 and a half and has also started stammering and stuttering in the last few months.

I spoke to a Health Visitor and she said it was something to keep an eye on, but not to worry too much about.

It's quite comforting to know it seems to be a fairly common thing.

Metranil_Vavin

McKneff it's interesting that you mention a death in the family as my dad died suddenly a few weeks ago.

I never connected the two but maybe that has something to do with it..?

ellahenderson

is he scared of some one ?? or is some one bullying him t school?

ringoroses

My son suddenly started stammering at age 2 and a half too. He had been a very early clear talker and it too came out of the blue.

It did develop shortly after the birth of my daughter which involved a several week stay for me in hospital due to complications and he had to stay with grandparents during this time while DH worked. We did wonder if it was all the confusion/trauma that started it, but it did disappear on it's own after about 6 months and we just ignored it as advised.

Strangely, he also developed a limp about a year later which would come and go, also out of the blue and with no apparent injury. This time, no stress or trauma could be connected to it. Despite several tests, x-rays etc nothing was ever found, it was just termed 'irritable hip' also not unknown in boys. That too cleared up suddenly after about 6 months.

He is now an adult with a good career, no physical/psychological issues and nothing else odd ever happened!

Walk_Me_Home_Cheddar

As a speech and language therapist I always point families in the direction of the British Stammering Association's website (https://www.stammering.org) or the Michael Palin Centre's website (https://www.stammeringcentre.org). Their advice pages are excellent and, more importantly, they're not out to make money from anxious parents.

beth25

my daughter started too around the same age.I pushed for her to see a speech therapist ;which we had to wait around 10 months for. She then saw her weekly and after a few months was discharged.
Now a few years on she is fine,she does need to be reminded sometimes to slow down when she is excited.
my advice would be to try not to worry, however to try to at least get the waiting list for speech therapy.

EmmyLou30

As another boy is doing it I would guess he's copying him for some reason. Could be that the other boy gets more attention because of it. Aparently I had a stutter at 3 years old when my brother was born that lasted for a few months and then it went away. I'm fine now. I imagine it was jealousy and it got me attention at the time, I don't remember!

minicazzybee

Hi there,
This could have been my little boy about 12 months ago. At about 3 and a half he developed a pronounced stutter: usually at the start of sentences. It became so bad that once he had finally got the first word in, he had forgotten what he had wanted to say in the first place.

Needless to say, two weeks before the speech therapist appointment, it cleared up as quickly as it came, and now he is almost 5 he hasn't stuttered since. I'm convinced it was a case of his brain working much more quickly than his tongue. I was advised by nursery staff at the time to try ignore it, not rush the words from him, and try not to draw attention to the stutter/stammer as it may aggravate attention-seeking behaviour. (My little one is a monkey for craving attention!)

As advised above, see your GP and maybe try get a referral for speech therapist, but based on gym experiences I'm sure your son's speech will return as it was in a month or so.