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Concerned parent of 4 year old My daughter recently turned 4 years old. Around one month ago we noticed she started stuttering, mainly on the first word of a sentence (why why why why why are you doing that). More recently, it has changed to seeming like she gets stuck at the beginning of the sentence and can’t think of the words to say or how to say them. It doesn’t seem like a “block” because she will still be speaking saying um, uh, etc. sometimes she will give up and just say “I don’t know” or give up what she wanted to say and just say “I love you mommy” instead. It’s breaking my heart because my once very fluent daughter is now unable to get sentences out without a struggle. Does this sound like developmental stuttering? We are waiting for an evaluation with a SLP.