stuttering

my girls are FINALLY putting 2 and 3 words together now, but they stutter a lot (mostly marina).

example: "mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, silly. mama silly."

i'm not concerned about it, cuz i know their mouths are working faster than their brains, but my question is.... do i wait and let her finish, or do i help her by saying the word i know she's trying to get out? i don't want her to get used to me speaking for her, i'm afraid then she'll never progress... does that make sense?

thanks!

 

Everything I have read says to let them finish on their own. Dont draw attention to it or ask them to try and slow down. They will eventually get it. My older DD took awhile to get over the "stuttering" and the boys never really did it.

 

I did exactly what you say the books say NOT to do. LOL My daughter used to stutter an entire word like that a lot. I would just tell her to slow down a bit and take her time. She doesn't do it anymore. Who knows if it helped or if she just "outgrew" it.

 

SLP talking here...don't finish for her. Let her get it out and don't make a big deal out of it. It is probably just a phase. Usually around this age kids can go through a stuttering phase and it usually resolves on it's own. If as they get older, they start showing signs of frustration then it may becoming a problem. For now, it's pretty normal and it can be very hard not to jump in and help, but try not to if you can help it.

 

One of mine stutters a lot, too. I can almost SEE her little brain working so hard. They are speaking in full sentances all day long and I can tell she is just sometimes having a hard time connecting it all and working it out ... she is so chatty! I have wondered if I should intervene at all and the responses were really helpful! Just wanted to say thanks for posting and for now, I think the stutter is kind-of cute

 

Two out of my five went through tiny stuttering phases. It was short lived for both of them. Just proof that their little brains work so well!!

 

My son always got in too big of a hurry when he was little and stuttered terribly, but he grew out of it. I think it's just they know what they want to say and have a hard time getting it out as fast as they want. I think it's just all part of language transition. I agree with pps, just let her finish..which for me was always hard.

 

I totally agree with the others. Let them finish and try not to draw attention to it. My oldest son started stuttering one day out of the blue. at first I was finishing his sentences and slowly pronouncing words for him but then he would get so mad at me. I talked to SLP and they told me to just leave him alone, don't draw any attention to it and now he doesn't stutter anymore. Sometimes I think he was doing it just to get extra attention over his brothers plus he was in to big of a hurry to slow down.

 

My DD actually just went through a stuttering phase. I went online and it said what Rachel said, let them finish, don't make fun or them, or make them hurry up, etc. We even had to tell our oldest DD about this too, because she would laugh at times. Basically you don't want the child to realize he/she is doing this and feel bad about it.


Emilie's stuttering lasted about 4 weeks. The internet said it is very common and should not last longer than 6 months. If it has been longer than 6 months that is when you might want to look into talking to someone about it.

 

thanks, everyone i've only helped them finish a few times. mostly i will just sit and wait patiently while they try to find their words. i will also make sure that others know to not imitate (i caught my dad once imitating marina after she stuttered... i don't think he realizes what she was doing... )

thanks again! :grouphug:

 

I had to tell people this too. Many people thought Emilie was stuttering on purpose, so they would mimic her thinking she was trying to be funny.

 

Yep, we have some occasional brain-going-5x-faster-than-mouth stuttering too. As pps said, I just listen very patiently, and they pull through it.