When your child stutters..

Stuttering is a disorder that involves hesitation, repetition, or stumbling while speaking.

According to MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, some young children stutter in response to stress, fatigue, or excitement. Stuttering can also be triggered if a child feels rushed, self-conscious, or pressured. Whatever the trigger, most children outgrow the problem.

According to www.childrenhospital.org, Normal developmental stuttering may occur when the child is between the ages of 18 months and 5 years. This may include repeating words or phrases, poor pronunciation of words, leaving out words or sounds, and speaking some words that are hard to recognize.

I find that it is amazing to know that normal developmental stuttering and speech difficulties happen in about 90 percent of children. True stuttering happens in only about 1 percent of children. True stuttering occurs more often in boys than in girls.

I'm not really sure if my son is stuttering or not. It just that he has the habit of repeating a few particular words when talking. Not every word that is. We are trying to remove this habit before he starts schooling in less than 3 weeks time.