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My 2 yrs old used to be pretty fluent in his speech, but recently he has been stuttering badly. why is it so? any way to stop him from stuttering?

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Common: Transient (months) stuttering is very common in early speech development and generally disappears over several months. It is more worrisome in the 4 year old who was fluent before beginning to stutter. Be patient as he speaks and allow him time to converse without drawing attention to the issue.

Answered 12/10/2013

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