Anyone have a child who never stops talking?

[Crunchymum]

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.

Mine whistles as well

If she isn't talking, she has to be making some kind of noise.

She is also a shit sleeper?

My son has asd and non stop narrates in the style of a YouTube blogger as if he has an audience even when he's in a room by himself. It's exhausting at times but it comforts him
so I don't stop him.

Yep, if he isn't talking he is humming or singing. Still does this and he's 14. It's quite wearing, especially to the sibling in the bedroom next door, who has ASD and auditory hypersensitivity.

Mine is also a shit sleeper. She often comes into my bed at night, no problem there, but sometimes attempts to start chatting. NO.

On the plus side, her younger brother can sleep through pretty much anything, as he has never in his life had the chance to fall asleep in silence.

@GrumpySausage DS 14mo has also been chirping out 'wazzat!?' for a good few months now too, so it's good to know what we're letting our selves in for quite often he's so excited he just repeats 'Zat! Zat! Zat!' whilst pointing at the desired thing and stomping about.

What do they talk about? I'm quiet but it's because I don't know what to say!

Dds into Rue Paul's runway so incessant chatter about that, what she did in camp america last summer, whats going on in Uni, West end theatre

Yes my dd who is 18 goes on and on and on. Ive learned to switch off as its just stupid talk anyway about cats or her being silly.

Yes, my Mam. If it helps, I had (have) an excellent imagination and was way ahead in reading and writing.

Terrible, very light, sleeper though and my brain rarely stops thinking things over which is why I think I talked so much. There wasn't room for it all. Weirdly I was actually quite shy.

Yes I have a daughter like this. She tlkas and talks and asks questions but never waits for my response, she just launches into the next stream of consciousness.

When we go in the car, the few seconds of silence between shutting her door and walking around to mine are BLISS!.

Sometimes she is too quiet and I cannot hear what she’s saying properly due to the car engine noise or traffic outside, if we are walking somewhere so she will get cross because I’m not giving the correct responses at the correct times which then makes me nauseous straining to hear her!

Does anyone else get the nausea when they are straining to hear, whilst multi tasking? 🤨

Mine is the same age OP and doesn't stop talking all day, every sentence starts with 'muuuum' in a questioning voice as well, I must hear that word hundreds of times a day! It's sweet but exhausting and I do find myself a bit 'talked out' by bedtime. Luckily she is a good sleeper.

Her latest favourite is to get me to do a pretend voice for her baby sister so they can have a conversation, I'm looking forward to when they can actually chat to each other!

Ds1 was quiet and shy. Ds2 was a total chatterbox. He gave a running commentary on absolutely everything and I found it totally draining.

Then he hit 15 and became monosyllabic!

He's now 20 and fairly quiet although does chat.

We've currently got my sister and her family staying. Her 12 year old dd2 is a non stop talker and it is doing my head in! I love her dearly but she doesn't stop. They're staying for a week and I fear for my sanity.

Depends. When on YouTube you get responses like yeah, whatever, stuff. When not on that it's constant. About you tube, warriorcats and food.

My DD never shuts up.
She is also never still.
I sometimes rue the day she learnt to walk and talk, I seem to have spent the rest of my time telling her to shut up and sit down.
As an adult she's still thumping around chattering away.
She sounds like a fucking hippo on speed.

God yes my 8 year old is either talking or moving, he just cannot be quiet and still! According to his teachers though he behaves beautifully as school so when he gets home he’s a ball of booze and fidget!!

Also not the best sleeper and thin as his calorie burn must be so high!

We were on a 4.5 hour flight a couple of days ago and he didn’t stop the entire time (thankfully it was a really empty flight so nobody nearby to disturb). I’ve told DH as a Christmas present I want his olde brother on way back, he’s sooooo much calmer and quieter

A ball of noise not booze!! Xmas autocorrect clearly

One of my grandsons. Non stop. We wonder how he’s able to breathe.

Yes. She is 21 now. When she was wee a friend said, " DD's name" talks like a machine gun".

Yes. Eldest child. Same age as yours. It’s non stop. He was delayed learning to speak (started talking properly at three) and I never thought I would be ungrateful when he did start talking but dear god it is non stop. Even worse he gets very upset if he isn’t included in conversation so we struggle to have adult conversations in his presence. Thankfully his younger brother is starting to speak so they can talk to one another soon (yes, I am a very optimistic person).

Yes both of mine are chatter boxes. I love it and am also rather chatty but yes it can be draining. Particularly when they both talk at the same time! Dd1 just likes to talk for the sake of it at times!

Yes! Dd is almost 8 and never shuts up :)

I've told this story before on MN. She is currently in year 3. When she was in reception and year 1, both teachers commented on how quiet she was when we went to parents evening. Dp and I nearly fell off the chair.

I spoke to dd and said that she has a wonderful personality and should be more like the girl we know and love as her quietness seemed to be holding her back.

Parents evening year 2 was very different! She also has the same teacher for year 3 who loves dd and she is an excellent pupil.

I have suspected ADHD in myself for some time ( I'm 40 ) and I've always been like that too, I'm starting to suspect it with dd too but am conscious not to see things objectively as I have a ds (15) with Aspergers so it's easy to compare sometimes but they are very similar although he is a quiet boy in general where dd will talk to anyone.

She started talking in full sentences at around 13/14 months old and i feel like I've gone deaf when she's at school or asleep.
Wouldn't change a thing though...

Yep, DD (5), talks from the minute she wakes up until the minute she goes to sleep. Recently ended up in “amber zone” at school for chattering in class. Hasn’t shut her up 🙉🙉🙉

Like a pp my ds1 was a delayed talker and at 5 he's making up for time although still needs speech therapy. I used to read threads on here where posters said 'honestly one day they'll never shut up' and think never! They were right

I got up this morning to go to the loo. He was waiting in the hallway and launched straight into a full conversation and I can hear him still going on now to his Dad downstairs. Argh!!!!