What to do if your 3-year-old baby stutters

When the baby is just starting to learn to speak, parents must pay attention to guiding the baby to speak correctly. If the baby does not learn to speak well, it may lead to stuttering, and stuttering will be difficult to correct over time. Therefore, if parents find that their baby has a stuttering problem at the beginning, they must teach him to correct it in time and take time to train the baby to speak. So what should you do if your three-year-old baby stutters?

What to do if your 3 and a half year old baby stutters

If parents find that their children stutter, they should not criticize them harshly, so as not to increase the children's self-attention and suggestion, which will aggravate the stuttering. Mental stress is often a factor that triggers stuttering. Parents should guide their children appropriately towards normal pronunciation; when communicating with their children, they should set an example by slowing down and speaking calmly; when children stutter, parents should not interrupt or interject, and let the children finish speaking smoothly and gradually overcome stuttering. If parents find that their children stutter, they should not criticize them harshly, so as not to increase the children's self-attention and suggestion, which will aggravate the stuttering. Mental stress is often a factor that triggers stuttering. Parents should guide their children appropriately towards normal pronunciation; when communicating with their children, they should set an example by slowing down and speaking calmly; when children stutter, parents should not interrupt or interject, and let the children finish speaking smoothly and gradually overcome stuttering.

The reason why 3 and a half year old baby stutters

Childhood is the most imitative period. Children not only like to imitate the actions of adults, but also like to imitate the actions of their peers and classmates. Stuttering is highly contagious, and children have a strong curiosity. They often come into contact with people who stutter and find the way they speak interesting, so they imitate them. Over time, it is easy for them to develop the habit of stuttering. Some stuttering is often caused by improper parental education. The later development of young children varies in speed; some speak early and some speak late. For children who speak late, if parents are not anxious and guide them patiently, their speech will become normal as they grow older. On the contrary, if parents are very anxious and force their children to speak well, this will cause the children to have a mental burden about speaking, causing anxiety and stuttering.

Many parents think that their children’s poor language skills or even stuttering are due to developmental reasons. But in fact, parents play a very important role in this. Only by guiding children more often and interacting with them more often can they master the correct pronunciation rules and techniques and express their ideas fluently.