why has my 3yr old started to sort of stutter?

Question

Lately I have noticed that when asking for things she wil say:
"mummy can can can can can can can I please have a biscuit"
or "do do do do do you want to play"
Why is this, is it a phase/normal, is that a type of stutter its not a letter in a word it is the whole first word.
She is a lovely normal little girl, healthy and her speech has been quite advanced since an early age, should I be doing something about this now?

Answer 1

Don't worry, her brain is working quicker than her mouth. She will quickly get everything synchronised and it will disappear as quickly as it came. Quite normal for her age. Do not correct her or draw attention to it and it will go.

Answer 2

Important thing is not to make an issue of it
Second is not to make fun or light of it
Introduce some games that can start with sounds and develop quickly into saying words.
Try to devise a game in the car for example - everytime you pass a red car go 'wow', shout an animal name like donkey, or vegetable names like carrot.

Introduce the idea of the game 'I went to market and bought ...'
If person 1 says carrot
person 2 says I went to market and bought a carrot and a pig
person 1 says I went to market and bought a carrot, a pig and a *****
and so forth

This will help you decide if your daughter is beginning to have problems with specific sounds - if she is... don't dwell on the problem word choose something else or ask her to choose a word.

It is possible that she is encountering other problems that she is worried about that is manifesting in this stutter - so a quiet time ask her about her day, how she feels about 'x', what's the most important thing that has happened to her this week, who are the people she loves most - family, her young friends, others - something may come up that gives you a clue. Perhaps even ask if anything makes her sad.

It is also possible that her brain is working too fast for her speech to catch up - or that having started the first word she is thinking of what the ending is going to be

It could also be she has a friend that stutters and is mimicking subconciously - or a TV programme.

Just some things to think about.

Now and again perhaps once a week you could pretend you did not hear, so she will repeat the question or phrase. Technically, having thought of what she wants to say in its entirety, it should be easier to repeat possibly without the stutter or with reduced stutter - again this will give you a clue.

As children become more conversationally fluent, there will be a degree of tripping over words - usually when they are excited or in a rush or trying to do two things at once.

Good luck

Answer 3

Many 3 365 days olds bypass by using this point as they're getting to grasp to talk extra efficiently. it incredibly is maximum suitable to no longer make a great deal of it and incredibly in basic terms pay interest whilst they talk and ask them to decelerate in the event that they stutter slightly via fact they're attempting to talk too quickly. My young ones talked a blue streak between 2-3 then not often reported adequate to get their desires met. Then whilst they began chatting stuttered around slightly, now for sure as adults you could no longer close them up! ;)

Answer 4

This is not unusual. This is what you should do, as well as those who interact with her:
slow down...that means speaking to her in a normal rate as if you have all the time in the world to speak to her
when she is talking, look at her and listen, (don't wash dishes, cook, etc.) and respond very calmly
try to maintain a calm household
do NOT address the stutter or let her know that you notice it
if she asks you about it, tell her that it is normal and lots of people do that
if she becomes frustrated, (gets mad, stomps her feet, etc) you should contact a speech therapist

Answer 5

kids can go thru phases like this for several reasons. if something has happened to frighten them or something is worrying them they can start to stutter. in this instance try ignoring for a while, if u try and correct her it may make it worse as you are drawing attention to it and will make her conscious of it. Instesad ask her if she is ok, or if something or someone has frightened her, has anything new changed? has she started nursery pr playschool? etc
If she is at playschool or nursery talk to the staff, maybe she has a friend who stutters and is copying either deliberalty or unintetionally
secondly as someone else said it could be she is thinking quicker than she can talk, i would say this is more likely as she is stuttering the whole word, in this case remind her to stop and think and then talk. my nephew did this and saying to him "ok, stop and think about what u want to say, ok now tell me again" and this usually worked, it lasted about 3 months before he went back to talking 'normally' again

if you are really worried i would speak to your health visitor or doctor. good luck im sure she will be fine hun!

Answer 6

It could be that the thought side of her brain is working faster than the speech receptor area..Three years is one of the growth spurt stages,so I wouldn't worry just yet.You don't say if she goes to nursery school if so it may be a good idea to ask one of the teachers there if they see it a lot.As I said don't worry at the moment but monitor the situation.

Answer 7

its pretty normal and can last for a few years but then will even out. all of my cousins stuttered when they were really little and it went away by age 5

Answer 8

My brother had a stutter when he was little and the dr. said it was because he was thinking faster than he could talk .

Answer 9

well if she looks like she is trying to get out a word but cant...then i would take her to the doctor if when she is stuttering shes just trying to remember what she was going to say...idk if that made sence i do that something for ex: ill say "hey do you wanna..wanna..wanna play a game?" just because ill literally forget what i was about to say or ill space out or something...idk maybe im weird and not helping but if its bothering you alot take her to the doctor.

Answer 10

well sometimes kids just start to stutter.i really don't no at what age because my friends their little siblings have started to stutter at different ages so i wouldsay that its just a fase that ur 3year old is going through