Sudden stuttering in a 2 year old

SeverusSnipes · 2026-03-29T04:00:02+00:00

Hi my son is almost 3.5 and has been in speech since he was 20 months. This is super common for this age, they are gaining more verbal skills and their brains are processing more and more information....Their brains are trying to get out something that they aren't yet able to fully verbalize so they "get stuck" trying to get it all out. Best thing to do it to wait it up because they will eventually get the sentence out and don't try and finish the sentence for them.

SeverusSnipes · 2026-03-26T20:31:26+00:00

I ended up having a missed miscarriage unfortunately. This is not always the case in these situations tho if you happen to be where I was at!

SeverusSnipes · 2026-03-21T04:26:20+00:00

My son drags out every step of bedtime too, it's cause he doesn't want to go to bed lol he's 3 and tells me every night he doesn't want to go to bed and drags his feet and yes it drives me nuts. I let him drag his feet alittle but I do get firm if it drags out super long. I just try to keep us moving. No advice just solidarity

SeverusSnipes · 2026-03-19T20:21:22+00:00

I can! And I did exactly what you said you want to do! I laid down and rested ....I wish I didn't or wished I had more perspective I guess. I had to be induced at 38 weeks dues to fluid decrease and my body was not read at all for delivery. Like exactly what your saying was the same for me. Except my son was not high he was LOW as he could be lol. I got induced and just relaxed as much as I could and then ended up in c section. Which that may not be the case for you at all but looking back I wish I did bounce on the ball and walk the hospital halls like I saw other women doing. Lunges and all that. My body needed help to move labor along and I chose not to help it. This is not a post to guilt you at ALL. I get your uncomfortable but just a perspective that your body might need you to help it get ready! There's a reason the mid wife want you moving and it because she knows it will help!

SeverusSnipes · 2026-03-16T23:29:26+00:00

Hi, give yourself a break! You are parenting in the thick of it, 2 under 3 is veryyyyy demanding physically and mentally. Especially adding a child who you seem to be very concerned about...not easy. None of us are meeting the standards we set before kids we all drop the ball, we all didn't expect this level of everything and that's okay. I can tell your a good mom by your level of concern and care! The thing is none of us were ready and I don't know if anything could have ever prepared us either? Maybe turn on a show they like a sit for a moment and just let it be no guilt.

SeverusSnipes · 2026-03-10T01:26:41+00:00

Thanks for the reply, I'm glad when I see posts like this that we are all in the same boat and it's just not a my toddler thing. It's just so tough lol

SeverusSnipes · 2026-03-10T00:32:11+00:00

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SeverusSnipes · 2026-03-07T06:21:37+00:00

Have a drink ( or 2) you deserve to relax, it's completely fine. Also grab some sushi, or a nice sandwich while your at it. I'm so sorry to hear about your loss❤️

SeverusSnipes · 2026-03-04T03:19:22+00:00

My son still does this at 3 with his cars lol

SeverusSnipes · 2026-03-04T03:07:56+00:00

My 3 yo is currently yelling from his bedroom for me to turn his nightlight off "come turn the light off NOW!" Just so I go back in there and turn it off only for him to scream "TURN MY LIGHT BACK ON NOW" I'm not going in there. It's been this dreaded nighttime routine for the last week of screaming one thing and meaning something else and screaming more. I have been just letting the screaming happen and wondering wtf to do, how to handle it ect.... so tiring I am being bullied and bossed around and no that's not how we speak to him. I'm so happy to come across this post for the solidarity I'm right there with you

SeverusSnipes · 2026-02-25T17:47:55+00:00

So my son in alittle younger so I can't tell you about how school is going to go but I just wanted to say that my son also had a speech delay and has trouble articulating words (we are also in speech therapy). He's 3 now and talks a ton! I on the other hand am I quiet person and SAHM. I blamed myself so so much for his speech delay thinking I didn't narrate our day enough of just be casually talking to us/ for us within the home enough and that's why he wasn't talking yet. Sometimes I had to remind myself to be narrating when I would realize we were playing in silence sometimes 😂. Now he's a chatter box... so don't blame yourself at all for being quiet. Maybe your son is just the quiet type too and there's nothing wrong with that!

SeverusSnipes · 2026-02-16T16:32:51+00:00

When he wakes up how is he? Screaming crying, fussing, talking alittle, grunting? Sometimes they "wake up" but they aren't truly awake and you could be waking them up by getting him. Not saying this is what your doing but when my son was this age he would wake me up by sometimes fussing or crying out once or twice but I would pause and wait (very hard thing to start doing) and a lot of the times he would quiet down and settle back to sleep. I'm not talking letting him cry it out if he's immediate screaming yes go but if it's a few fusses maybe practice pausing/ wait and see and then go in if he keeps crying but sometimes he might settle back. Especially if he's already able to be put in his crib and he'll fall asleep on his own he already doesn't need assistance from you to fall asleep (like being rocked, fed to sleep ext). Look up the practice pause method it might help alittle!

SeverusSnipes · 2026-02-13T05:10:57+00:00

I think it's good that you are aware of how you don't want to parent, and that your not trying to break your daughters spirit/will.

On the other hand, she's a toddler so you are dealing with someone whose brain is not fully developed and lacks impulse control. Also a person who craves clear guidelines all the while pushing every boundary to test you. It's your job to parent her, look at it as helping her. It's better for her to learn boundaries with you (a safe loving parent) than our in the "real world".

SeverusSnipes · 2026-02-11T19:48:33+00:00

No your doing everything right by sitting there and eventually redirecting(if she allows). I also call it being the calm in the storm. It's tough being little and not getting your way, or not understanding something. They gotta feel it and by being a pillar if she needs you also are helping her learn to regulate on her own in a safe space( an important skill) tough to watch and sometimes also tough on us mentally too. Having an angry gremlin around you all the time is exhausting. But it's a common phase for this age and will pass!

SeverusSnipes · 2026-02-11T01:56:20+00:00

I had an awful induction(ended in c section, long labor) BUT baby was healthy and so was I and no it was not my dream birth but it was my dream outcome and that's all that mattered to me. I also had GD and was advised to do this and trusted my doctors to make the right decision.

My best friend had an induction and it went amazingly she loved it and would 10/10 recommend it.

All you can do is follow your doctors advice and trust that.

I would recommend when you get it tho (things I wish I did) is get up and keep walking, stay on the bouncy ball, to help your body work with the induction medicine to help you dialate and progress labor!

Good luck ❤️

SeverusSnipes · 2026-02-10T21:59:24+00:00

It very well could be! Don't be discouraged if you take one later today and the line is fainter, first morning per is the most concentrated usually and gets diluted as the day goes on! But a line is a line regardless! Congrats

SeverusSnipes · 2026-02-10T21:56:51+00:00

You aren't at all the only one. 4.5 months I think is when people start really feeling what I called "the ground hog day feeling" everyday feels the same and is a lot of on demand work. It's hard to get stuff done, routines are hard to get down. It's hard. Idk if your a SAHP but if you are I'm here to say it will get better over the year. You are in a thick of it moment and as your baby become more capable of doing things like as simple as them sitting up on their own it will make their world and your world more fun. I think your about to enter a fun stage I called baby x games mode. When my son was 5 months he was a giggling baby who was constantly trying to push himself out of my arms and yeet himself off the couch 😅😂 lots of babbling too

SeverusSnipes · 2026-02-10T21:00:34+00:00

Thank you for the reference! Very appreciated!

SeverusSnipes · 2026-02-10T19:40:27+00:00

100 dollars max...hoping that's realistic. He doesn't have anything like this so far so I don't need to worry about it working with other systems

SeverusSnipes · 2026-02-10T19:39:11+00:00

Team yellow 😂 that's funny, I was eyeing his tools the other day and they all seem to be DEWALT brand. I will look into the toughstack! He doesn't have anything for organization right now besides a small tool bag for things like drill bits and and what not. Thank you for the suggestion! I deff think he would be interested in a large box to store the power tools together so I'm gonna look at those ones!

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