Amirul Started Stammering; What Do I Do?

Alhamdulillah, after nearly 1 year attending speech therapy session at Putrajaya Hospital; Amirul is a good talker now. His new nursery’ environment also helping him a lots. His has many friends to talk to and teachers teaches him in correct way. He talks better compare before he attended the speech therapy. However, lately he is having this new problem : STAMMERING / GAGAP

It’s really annoying to me, and i really get angry everytime he start stammering. I’m not sure why suddenly this problem happened as Amirul is very good with his vocabulary. He do not have any problem in articulating words except for words consisting m,b, and p. Maybe lidah Amirul pendek skit as his speech therapy claim.

What is stammering speech? - According to Stammering.org
[1] is putting extra effort into saying his words
[2] has tense and jerky speech
[3] cannot seem to get started, no sound comes out for several seconds (“… I got a teddy”)
[4] is stretching sounds in a word (“I want a ssstory”)
[5] is repeating parts of words several times (“mu-mu-mu-mu-mummy”)
[6] stops what he is saying half way through his sentence.

More info on stammering for toddlers under 5 via Stammering.org
How to HELP stammering child?
[1] Don’t be overly critical of your child’s speech or insist on precise or correct speech
[2] Listen attentively to what your child is saying
[3] Avoid reacting negatively when your child stutters, correcting your child’s speech, or completing your child’s sentences
Tips above taken from Webmd.com which i think the most effective and appropriate for Amirul. Baby steps to correct Amirul’s stammering problem from getting worse.
For Me, I NEED:
[1] to be more patience.
[2] take a deep breathe and listen to what Amirul wants to say.
[3] Be patience and wait when hetalks and express to his needs
[4] jangan dok sebok and cepat  nak marahhhhhh.
[5] Jadi mummy kena banyak sabar la Huda.

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