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worried abt how my 3 year old says

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  • 16-02-2012 11:56pm
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    simply simple
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭


    i am a bit worried about how my 3 year old girl speak..
    its like em em mummy she she she was saying that that that em em she was saying that that i am her em her her friend...
    she has started speaking very early she had abt some short words when she was 1,so its not like she is learning to say,she also speaks since long in sentences,i just recall her doing this since she has started her sentences.
    i am a bit worried if this may turn into stammering or is a kind of stammering or somthing serious,or am i trying to be too paranoid?:mad:


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    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,953 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    I also have a 3 year old who specialises in talking.
    Is there a friend in school with a stammer or speech problem?


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    cynder
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    Yhey have a developmental at around 3 and a half, if your concerned speak with the public health nurse. I've noticed most kids stammer when they are excited about something and want ti get it out but stammer instead.


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    Big Bag of Chips
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    You can bring her to your Public Health Nurse who will refer her for Speech Therapy. In my area there is an 18 month waiting list, so its no harm getting her on it.

    It could just be developmental. I have a now 6 year old who started stammering at just over 2.

    Little tips and tricks to help is when she speaks to you, and if she seems to be getting stuck is to bend down to her, touch her gently, on the arm, back, hand etc. With my fella he was also speaking very young, and now at 6 has a huge vocabulary, and his biggest problem is he just wouldn't think about what he was saying. So he'd start talking first, and obviously be thinking of 100 other things too.

    By bending down, and touching him, its like I bring him "back in the room"! It makes him look at me, and remember that he is speaking to me.

    Another thing to do is slow your own speech down. Children mimic adults, and adults speak as fast as they naturally can, so children try mimic that.

    Slow down your own speech, let her know you are listening and get a referral from the PHN.

    Good luck, she will probably grow out of it, but there's no harm getting it checked and getting some further advice and tips from a professional.


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    dudmis
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    My three year old stammered for a six month period but I think it was because he had so much to say and his speech couldn't keep up with his thoughts! He is now nearly 4 and hasn't done it for a while.

    BTW when he did stutter I completely ignored it and didn't bring any attention to it at all.

    Wouldn't do any harm to book in for a appt with the health nurse though if you are worried.


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    January
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    My three year old does this, she's just trying to get all the words out in a rush and gets confused. We stop her and tell her to talk slowly and she does and she's fine then.


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    sarahlulu
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    My youngest daughter did the same thing for a while and I ignored it. Seems she was copying her friend at the childminders who had a mind stammer, and eventually she just stopped. Also, her friend outgrew the stammer too. I would agree that sometimes their little mouth can't keep up with the speed of their brain when they are trying to tell you something!


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    pickarooney
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    Does she do this in both languages?


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    simply simple
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭simply simple


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Does she do this in both languages?
    ya she actually does..
    January wrote: »
    My three year old does this, she's just trying to get all the words out in a rush and gets confused. We stop her and tell her to talk slowly and she does and she's fine then.
    same thing is with her,she doesnt actually have the problem to get the word out,probably she forgets what she wants to say and runs the whole thing or the last word again and again untill she gets something to continue
    i read few things on internet and got to know that almost every child goes through this phase and parents saying in a very slow pace to them and giving them enough time to complete what they are saying without guessing out what they are saying really helps.i do ask her to slow down,take a pause and think what she wants to say and then take her time to finish the sentence and that's really working,she seems to do it less if i ask her to slow down,but will definitely visit her health practitioner just to make sure.


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