So I'm not sure stuttering is the right word. Within the past few days she's started... Sort of winding up her sentences.
Instead of saying "I want to wash them" it is "Ieieieieieieieieieie want to wash them" it's only the first syllable of sentences she's doing it with, it isn't every sentence either. I've noticed it with sentences that start with "I" and "where" or "what". Everytime she starts a sentence with I she repeats the sound multiple times.
This started in the past maybe 3-4 days I think. Just not sure if she is getting ahead of herself and so she starts talking before she's thought through the sentence or if she's just been a little overwhelmed or if she is developing some sort of speech issue.
Any advice? Any suggestions on how to react? So far I just try to ignore it but repeat her sentence after she finally completes the whole sentence.
Jack has recently started something simlar. He is talking more and more in full sentences. When he cannot think of the words he wants to use he makes one specific sound, and just repeats it until he gets to part of the sentence with a word he knows. It actually drives me a bit nuts. My thinking is that its just him getting ahead of himself with speech and that as his vocabulary expands more it will rectify itself. I do try my hardest to fill in the gasps with the correct words when I can by repeating his sentence over to him once I have an idea of what he is trying to tell me.
She does talk a lot and usually in full sentences. I've also started with a bit of Spanish so I'm not sure if maybe that is confusing her. We've been doing books in Spanish for like a month though so that isn't as new as the stuttering.
Hopefully it's just her getting ahead of herself trying to talk too much too fast. My cousin and dad had speech therapy though so I hope this isn't the start.
Post by TheEleventhHour on Jun 2, 2015 18:44:50 GMT -5
DS will either hold the first syllable or say "ummmmmmmmmm" when he is having a delay in thinking of what he wants to say. Definitely not a stutter. I think he just sometimes starts talking before he 100% knows what he wants to say. If it has only been going on for a few days I wouldn't worry too much yet. I feel like their minds are racing a mile a minute at this point. DS is learning so many new words, talking in fuller sentences, etc now and I think he just gets ahead of himself or overwhelmed sometimes.
I have been worried about the same thing...she used to say "I" but has since switched to starting everything with her name, and she just fills in the gaps with the first part, so she's all, madamadamdama, constantly. In kind of a anxious, whiny tone, and it amps up when she's upset. I am really hoping she just stops, but it's been going on a while. I tell her to say, "I" which she sometimes does and then the problem stops, but it comes back within minutes.
C does this as well, and I've noticed he does it before he makes a language leap. The first time he was doing it a lot was many months ago when he was figuring out pronouns. He did it again when he was figuring out past and present tense, and he's doing it right now as he's figuring out the correct pronunciation of the letter S followed by a consonant. He has no trouble with a S word followed by a vowel such as "sauce," but if he wants spicy sauce, it would always come out as "picy sauce." We noticed last night as dinner he was saying, "Can I, can I, can I, can I have sssssssssspicy sauce."
Another reason they may be doing it is so that they "have the floor." Their speech and their brain can't keep up, so they stutter or repeat until they catch up to one another, so they don't loose your attention. Similar to the way we say ahhhh or ummm before answering something.
My older child does this. He is 4. He was evaluated by a speech therapist due to other issues and she never mentioned the stuttering. I think he is just looking for the right word. Actually it has gotten a little better lately possibly because his vocabulary has grown. I also agree with the now he has "the floor" and is trying to figure out what to do with it.
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