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Anyone have a child who never stops talking?

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Crunchymum · 23/12/2018 17:43

My nearly 4yo never stops. She feels the need to talk every second of every day. She is full time at preschool and manages to be quiet when need be, but yes her teachers agree she is a chatterbox.

My older child is nothing like this?

I am not ungrateful, DC3 has global development delay and is unlikely to learn to talk in the "normal" way so I appreciate we are lucky that we have such an eloquent and vocal child.... but my Lord it's draining. Grin

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Thehogfatherstolemycurry · 23/12/2018 20:57

Yes she's 10. She never shuts up - ever, she even talks in her sleep.
She says the same thing over and over, when she's not talking she's singing.
She also never stops moving - dancing, twirling, flailing her arms.
It's exhausting.
However at school or when out with other people she's a model child!

weebarra · 23/12/2018 20:59

Yes. DS1 just can't be silent! He does have ADHD and staying in control at school is very hard for him, so he doesn't stop at all when he's home. It's exhausting.

Dowser · 23/12/2018 21:01

My 9 year old granddaughter
Love it

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spiderlight · 23/12/2018 21:05

Yep! Mine is nearly 12 and has not drawn breath since he started talking at 9 months old. Unless he's engrossed in Fortnite, every thought that passes through his brain has to come out of his mouth. Life is an endless stream of consciousness about cars, engines, driving,why YouTubing/Japanese drift racing/mountain biking is a perfectly viable career choice, and things they got wrong on Top Gear. I love the very bones of him and I'm sure I'll miss it when (if!) he becomes a monosyllabic teen, but ye Gods it's exhausting sometimes.

MakeUpGirl · 23/12/2018 21:06

Me too, DD is 4.5 and never stops. She apparently hardly spoke at all her first month in reception which I struggled to believe but she’s making up for it now in class.
We joke that her tongue must need a rest sometimes but even realising we’re not listening doesn’t stop her. She just gathers her toys and talks to them instead.

TheBigFatMermaid · 23/12/2018 21:07

My 13 year old gives me a running commentary on programmes we are watching together! It does not get better!

I do just tell her straight to shut up though and she does not take offence!

RogueV · 23/12/2018 21:09

Yes my 3.5 year old. It’s rather cute Grin

LoonyLunaLoo · 23/12/2018 21:12

Oh yes, that’s DS (9)!

Luckystar1 · 23/12/2018 21:13

Both of mine never EVER shut up. From 6am until they are asleep. They are 4 and 2.5 years. Any millisecond of silence is filled with my son’s extremely annoying noises. Totally draining. Then they start fighting over which one gets to talk at me the most 🙄

Luckily they are cute...!

styledisaster · 23/12/2018 21:17

Yep. My 4 year old.
She. Does. Not. Stop.
Whether it’s talking, singing, making noises, humming, making up nonsense songs, she’s just learnt to read so she’s reading out every single letter she sees all day long and trying to spell the word.
But at school totally different story. They’re worried about how quiet she is as she will rarely talk to teachers or other adults there.
She’s the same with my friends, not a word to anyone over the age of about 14!

PaulHollywoodsSexGut · 23/12/2018 21:17

DD is going this way. I love her deeply but holy god it’s constant. And she’s in a “mummy” phase so it’s like having a conversational shadow tracking your every move. She’s not quite even 3 yet. Blimey.

HidingFromDD · 23/12/2018 21:17

yes, she's 23....

chasegirl · 23/12/2018 21:18

Tea my 11 year old DD.

I get some relief as she goes to her Dad's every other weekend but dear lord does she make up for it when she comes back. She can for 48 hours worth of words into 30 mins

chasegirl · 23/12/2018 21:19

That should be yeah not tea

Kismetjayn · 23/12/2018 21:22

Yes, and expects in depth replies. I run out of brain for it and then she talks at night, in her sleep or when she wakes up 'for a chat'. Neverending and exhausting.

Nativityriot · 23/12/2018 21:22

And the people who are like ‘oh, but you must never STIFLE or REPRESS your child by telling them to be quiet/stop talking/shut up’ must literally never have had a chatty child.

I love the chat though! It’s amazing. But literally never ending.

Frouby · 23/12/2018 21:28

I have 2. Dd is 14, ds 5. I get a mix of makeup, friend isshoos, lesson breakdowns, clothes and more makeup mixed in with super heroes, minecraft, his little friends at school, how many is this random number of digitsin words, waffle about his pets yada yada yada.

And then dh comes home and does exactly the same.

Fml.

GrumpySausage · 23/12/2018 21:31

Yes my DS. His first words were 'Woz dat?' And he has never stopped since. He's now nearly 4 and due to go to school in September. I'm hoping this will tire him out but I doubt it.

I love him to bits but for the love of god please stop talking!! Also have a 6 month old DD and I joke pray that when she starts they'll just talk to each other and not me 🤞🏼

TheFirstOHN · 23/12/2018 21:32

One of my four is like this. It has improved (slightly) now that he's a teenager.

glenthebattleostrich · 23/12/2018 21:35

Oh hello support group!

My 8 year old talks constantly, even in her sleep. We call her grandpa Simpson because her stories are so convoluted and long she gives him a run for his money.

CmdrIvanova · 23/12/2018 21:39

DD is 4 and never stops talking. She's 4 and has verbal dyspraxia (interestingly my phone suggested she might have verbal diarrhoea Grin ) and is often hard to understand, but woe betide I don't understand and respond in the right way. Plus we have been told to model the correct sounds so now she expects me to repeat back everything she says, because she's used to it. Exhausting.

KateGrey · 23/12/2018 21:41

My ten year old dd talks constantly and when she’s not talking she’s singing, or dancing or a combination of all. That said her younger sibling is 5 and non verbal and I’d give anything to have a constant stream of chatter from her 😕

Armi · 23/12/2018 21:41

My 7 year old is like this. She also starts and ends every sentence with ‘Mummy’.

This is not annoying at all, of course.

theSnuffster · 23/12/2018 21:41

Yes my 6 year old talks all the time. When she's on her own she talks to herself or to 'imaginary' friends (not actual imaginary friends, although she did have one for a while when she was younger, she talks as though her actual friends/ classmates are there with her.) Very sweet I guess but drives me mad. If I'm trying to have a conversation with someone she'll talk louder, even though we're not expected to actually listen or respond to her wittering. Which means we all end up with raised voices and headaches!

Mayhemmumma · 23/12/2018 21:42

Yes my 7yo old talks from the moment she wakes until she goes to bed..and sometimes sleep talks! If she's run out of questions, she'll sing. Badly.

Saturday comes round and I forget how utterly exhausting it is. But she's so unbelievably enthusiastic about everything I can't complain.