Max met with a speech therapist today. Yes, I know, that kid has had nothing but appointments lately, but this should be the last one for some time now. Max's speech is just fine, but we were concerned because he sometimes stutters. It isn't consistent and it almost always appears that he is using it more as a filler (as opposed to saying "um") but he had gotten frustrated and appeared to be stuck in his stutter a couple times so the pediatrician suggested a speech consult.

Naturally he never once had a real stutter while we were there but there were little amounts which were good enough to confirm that there wasn't an issue. She did give me some great information on what we can do to support him as he continues his speech development; namely ignoring the stutter. That means not pointing it out, not rushing him, not finishing his sentence. The less obvious the stutter is to him the better. Thankfully that is what we have been doing all along so at least we know we're handling it right!

Hopefully it will just go away on it's own as his speech develops more. Of course, the more his speech develops the more "why" questions I'm going to get. Sounds like a double edged sword to me!