Wondering if anyone has any experience with toddlers and weird speech habits.
My son turned 2 in November and has been talking forever and has a wide vocabulary that he uses. I've never been worried about his speech. But yesterday Christmas afternoon he started repeating the final consonant of the last word of his sentence and it was so out if the blue and strange. He will say things like "the water is hot-t-t" or "big truck-k-k" and "my shoes-s-s" everyone keeps telling me he is just working on enuciating his words but it's super bizzar to me that he was saying these words and his sentences totally normal and fine two days ago and then one day starts this. It seems to only be words that end in a t or s or k and sometimes a ph sound. Just a phase??
When mine were learning to speak, they tried out new ways of talking and emphasized different sounds and speech patterns. Sometimes they would whisper, sometimes be very loud. I think it's all new to them and definitely a phase.
I think stuttering is something else altogether and you would know.
He's 2.
He's playing with words.
Read Dr Seuss to him!
'Fox in Socks' in particular is wonderful for playing with sounds - and it took some practice on my part to be able to read it out loud and get it right and our son enjoyed it so much.
Join in the word play with him and you'll both be laughing over
"When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles
and the bottle's on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles...
...they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle
bottle paddle battle."
Yes, just a phase. He's trying out new sounds, thinking about what they feel like, sound like, experimenting. The BEST thing you can do is ignore it and redirect him without seeming to. The more attention you call to it, the more he'll want to do it.
K.,
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Every child learns and develops differently. YOU know your son. If you are concerned? Take him to the pediatrician and see if he needs a speech therapist.
I wouldn't harp on him over it - like draw attention to him about it. It could be a phase, I don't know. I don't recall my boys stuttering. My youngest was always VERY clear with his words. It was funny - but we didn't laugh.
I would reiterate the word to him after he says it. "did you want your truck?" or "do you want mommy to put your shoes on for you?" Don't correct him, just say it correctly. Do you get the difference?
i don't remember my kids doing this specifically but yeah, they took odd linguistic twists and turns as they experimented with learning how to communicate.
this doesn't seem so bizarre to me.
if it bugs you, make an appointment with a speech therapist.
khairete
S.
I wouldn't worry at this point. It doesn't sound bizarre to me. They all go through phases of playing with speech. You can mention it at the next pediatrician's visit but I don't think I'd head off to a speech therapist at this point. You can consider taking a few videos to see if you can catch it (in case he doesn't do it in the office), but I'd stop short of encouraging him to say things this way over and over just so you can film them.
My son went through a phase at a much later age, when he got braces and a palate expander - it changed the way his mouth felt and how his teeth/tongue interacted together. It's possible that new teeth coming in are changing how your son's mouth feels too.
My son did this also. When he was three the pediatrician wanted him tested so the school district sent a speech therapist to our house. They said he was fine and they would watch him as he got older in school. He did do speech therapy for a few months in third grade for the "R" sounds and he quickly got it at that point. The stuttering ended within a year of starting. Their advice at the time was to ignore it - don't correct it.
