Stuttering

[KDENISE977]

My son, who is 4, just recently, and I mean almost over night started stuttering when he gets excited. I tell him to try and "slow down" and my husband is just baffled by all of this happening so quickly. Does anyone have any experience with this? I read it is pretty common at his age due to learning more complex speech patterns and putting sentences together. Any ideas?

 

[lucky_bee]

My son, who is 4, just recently, and I mean almost over night started stuttering when he gets excited. I tell him to try and "slow down" and my husband is just baffled by all of this happening so quickly. Does anyone have any experience with this? I read it is pretty common at his age due to learning more complex speech patterns and putting sentences together. Any ideas?

that's an excellent idea...when he starts stuttering, ask him to stop. slow down. speak slowly. and repeat when he starts back up again. don't let him ramble on as he needs to recognize he's doing this. My mom, a health coordinator with all the local day cares and elementary schools back home would say some young ones develop a little stuttering because of diet: processed sugary foods can over-stimulate the brain.

 

[libertytyranny]

Monster did a little of that for a bit. I noticed it was worse when coming back from her father's and they have a very fast paced, go go go attitude. I just gently reminded her to slow down and within a few weeks it was totally gone. Interestingly, when I asked her teacher about it, she hadn't even noticed. So it was a home thing.

 

[luvmygdaughters]

My youngest daughter has this problem too. I did the same thing you did. Just make him slow down and repeat his sentence. She was "cured?" after a few months.

 

[KDENISE977]

Monster did a little of that for a bit. I noticed it was worse when coming back from her father's and they have a very fast paced, go go go attitude. I just gently reminded her to slow down and within a few weeks it was totally gone. Interestingly, when I asked her teacher about it, she hadn't even noticed. So it was a home thing.

I asked my son's teacher and she also said she hadn't noticed it at all :shrug: must be a home thing :shrug:

 

[Roman]

I asked my son's teacher and she also said she hadn't noticed it at all :shrug: must be a home thing :shrug:

I think it's a pretty common thing in some children that age. My son stuttered for a few months, and then stopped.