This is a little video I took of Liam while I interviewed him. If he has to think about words he struggles with them and stutters. He's over 4½ years old, and he is my first stutterer.
In researching I found that this is probably what is called "Normal Disfluency".
The normally disfluent child occasionally repeats syllables or words once or twice, li-li-like this. Disfluencies may also include hesitancies and the use of fillers such as "uh", "er", "um".
Disfluencies occur most often between ages one and one-half and five years, and they tend to come and go. They are usually signs that a child is learning to use language in new ways. If disfluencies disappear for several weeks, then return, the child may just be going through another stage of learning.
http://www.stuttersfa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=6
It's also possible that is could be worse than what we are thinking. We will be getting it checked out soon, but we are giving others a chance to see Liam's Stutter as it is now.
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