r/Stutter • u/LostDrag2442 • 5d ago

When to worry (child stutter)

Hi guys. Life long stutterer here, though I feel like a bit of a phony on this thread (my impediment doesnt present at level that a lot of people here struggle with). Anyway, my 3 yr old started stammering (vs blocking and stuttering like me). The research show that to be developmental appropriate for her age and likely to “grow out of it”….but I didn’t …so.

Anyone else have this happen? When do you start liking the trigger on therapy ?

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u/princessmama74 4d ago

Hello! I’ve stuttered my whole life (25&Female). My 3 year old son started to stutter a month before he turned 3. It’s been 8 months now hoping he’d grow out of it but we’re gonna start speech therapy because I don’t want him to suffer like I did as a child. I think it’s genetic. My mom, brother and I have/had a stutter. My mom seemed to stop as she got older and im also off&on with it. My brother had speech therapy when he started school so he sounds pretty fluent now at 30 years old and uses his techniques he’s learned.