postr/StutterJuly 1, 2024

My toddler started stuttering after one bad night of sleep, coincidence?

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My toddler started stuttering after one bad night of sleep, coincidence? Hi all, I hope it’s okay to post here, I’m just looking for insights, and tbh I almost want to see if there’s a conspiracy theory here that might be right. So my child is 3 and like the title says, last Wednesday night my toddler slept like crap. Woke up every hour, wanted to talk about butterflies at 5am. Not sick or anything, just not wanting to sleep. Since then, she’s gone from normal toddler “talking too fast and might stutter on a couple words” to what seems like a true “stuck on words, facial tic(corner of her mouth upturned), octave changing” stutter. It’s not every sentence, and it gets worse as the day goes on. Nothing else has changed about her skills, etc. *I am aware that a lot of kids stutter at this age and it can be developmentally normal, but I think I’m really obsessed over this starting after a bad night of sleep. And I could truly be grasping at straws here, but didn’t know if anyone had any ideas.

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Parent & CaregiverSpeech & Stuttering

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Early Concern & OnsetRepetitions & Prolongations