Question
My baby boy is 19 months old and has been speaking early, starting to use many words fluently at 15 months. However, suddenly he has started to stutter severely in the last few days. He has to hold the first word for half a second before he can say it, and sometimes he can’t say it at all and just doesn’t speak. This has never happened before.
Answer
Stuttering is a common behavior in children’s development, most frequently occurring between the ages of 2.5 and 4. To correct a stutter, it’s first important to understand why it happens, as knowing the cause can reduce tension. Causes of Stuttering 1. At two years old, children’s thinking develops rapidly, and their speaking skills cannot keep up with the speed of their thoughts. Often, when a child wants to express an idea using language, they can’t find the right words, and this “search for the right words” process leads to a stutter. This kind of stutter is called a developmental stutter, and as language skills progress, this phenomenon will decrease and eventually disappear.