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.

My son was hearing impaired and didn’t say a word until he was more than 2. I was so worried he would never talk. He had an operation on his ears and speech therapy.
He is now 10 and talks non stop. He is a delightful, excitable, glorious little man who is bright and confident. But the non stop talking can be a little draining! I regularly find myself saying to him “and to think i was worried you’d never learn to talk!” 😂

Yes.

I find it claustrophobic too. She never stops and I can't even talk to dh. It's quite isolating as well esp when she was younger she wouldn't let me talk to anyone.

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That's soo sweet 💕 wazzat 😁

Yes! DD is three and she literally never stops. If she doesnt have anything to talk about she'll just shriek 'boo!' or 'doinnnnnkkk!' over and over and over and over again. She also sometimes informs you of the noises she's making just to have something to say - 'doinnnnnkkk!....mummy! Mummy! I just said doink! Mummy did you hear me? Mummy! Doinnnnnnk!' It drives me absolutely bananas. In some ways I like the chat (when its actual chat and not just incessant, meaningless noise) but I'm quite introverted myself and I do find it draining. I desperately hope that baby dd2 isn't the same - my life is already just a wall of noise and chatter, I can't imagine what it would be like having two of them!

My youngest ( now 10) is like this, shares her every thought. Even though I've asked and asked for silence at certain moments -like a work phone call or when pulling out into a busy roundabout!

She just has to verbalise everything. She also sleeps with difficulty. She has been diagnosed to have signs of dyspraxia- I don't know if the talking is related to this but can google it.

I’m 31 now and not as bad but I talked constantly when I was a kid. I’ve always been shy but when I’m comfortable with people, I won’t shut up. I am quieter now but I’ll still have moments where I follow my mum around the house talking at her until she tells me to piss off!

My niece is a constant talker and I love her but love the peace when she leaves after a visit so totally get how draining it must be to have that level of chat constantly.

No sign of it stopping at 14. And if you don't give a good enough response she repeats.

DD can go on and on sometimes, the rest of us are quite quiet so we do ask her to stop talking sometimes....(and then I hear her upstairs wittering on to her soft toys!)

Ds was 5 before he started talking, but since then he's not been quiet for more than ten minutes. He's being assessed for asd, so that probably explains it. If it's not constant chatter about what ever topic hes currently obsessed with (trains) it's random noises. Exhausting, but I have to remind my self of all those years of worry and hoping for a few words

DD is also a crap sleeper. Didn't sleep through until almost 6, even now at 8 goes from 9 / 9:30 until 6 and we often hear her up and about from 4:30.

I'd give anything to be able to say the same. Anything.

If my DD2 ever speaks anywhere remotely near that much, I will savour every single fucking word. Every day, forever and ever.

dinna my son was non-verbal, I was told he’d never talk. I spent years working on his speech. He’s nearly 9 now and a lot of his speech is self stimming narration of everything. It’s torture. I’m glad he’s got his speech and I’m thankful but living with a child who never stops talking 24/7 is so exhausting it makes me cry. So I understand the desperation of wanting your child to talk but I also get how draining it can be. Hope your dd gets there xx

Dinna is there a clear reason why your dd isn't talking? There are many knowledgeable posters on these boards, if it's unexplained speech delay then perhaps you could start a thread on the parenting section? I did for my ds1 when he was a toddler and it helped enormously. There are lots of resources out there which can help, or even just hearing people's experiences of their dc's speech delay can help - you're not alone. In ds1's case we are getting there, but I do understand the desperation for them to be able to say words.

You could all be describing me
DH jokes the first time he kissed me was to shut me up!

Yes my DD, also in her sleep and still going strong at the age of 15, we call her Kwebbel ( After a Gnome that does not stop talking in a Dutch TV show called Kabouterplop !) ..

One 17 yo DS is a complete chatterbox! His brother is very different. He recently had a minor op (all good now) apparently when he went to sleep he was chatting to the anaesthetist and when he woke up he carried on the same conversation with the nurse! The nurse said "He's lovely, so friendly, I couldn't believe he started where he'd left off in the conversation". In my head I was think "I am not surprised sounds totally normal!" :)

My 3yo doesn't stop - ever.
She said her first word at 11 months and I've not had silence since; she even talks in her sleep.
Honestly, she repeats herself over and over and over again.

There's also the singing, clapping, blowing raspberries, clicking, tutting and just general noise for no reason.

I love her to bits but I just want 5 minutes peace. She just repeated 'mummy that's right' 15 times in a row. I acknowledged the first 3 times and then gave up

My 2 year old girl seems to have found her voice. I generally love that she can verbally defend herself but I don’t tolerate rudeness. My son on the other hand is really quiet. I’m thinking about having his hearing evaluated after Christmas. Whenever I say his name I don’t get any response from him.

My 7 year old is like this. He was a late talker so never really said a word til he had a speech therapist at early learning school, now he hasn't stopped talking since! Sometimes he even talks in his sleep. It's mostly minecraft and other rubbish but occasionally he has something interesting to tell me lol.

My mother speaks constantly and my half sister was an utter chatterbox. I used to gloat that when I had a child there was no way he would be nearly as garrulous. HOWEVER my DS (21) has not shut up from the moment he could speak. He was obsessed with Pokemon when he was wee.. I was the only one who could understand him and had to interpret for his constant stream of words. He talked all through school. When we went on holiday and shared a room we realised that he even talked in his sleep. And now he is in final year at university and is still talking. However... he is studying law and I think has found his true calling in life. Reckon he will wear down the opposition with his never-ending verbosity. I feel a bit guilty because I seldom listen to him after the first 5 minutes (on a good day). But my lack of interaction doesn't seem to have harmed him so far...

Yes, my people!
My DD is 4 and she never ever stops talking or asking questions. I find it really hard work as I'm super introverted plus have a non-sleeping baby and I just don't have the bandwidth for it. I have already given up trying to answer her questions with 'I don't know' but then she starts asking me questions she knows the answers to! It's ridiculous.

Not only does my 5yo DD talk constantly but everything is turned into a show tune. I literally get a running commentary of her day through the medium of song. It is driving batty!

DS1 was slow to start talking and I used to try all sorts to encourage him. Well that backfired on me in spectacular fashion since now he’s 7 and doesn’t stop to draw breath 🙄😂 It’s a never ending monologue from the minute he wakes to the second he falls asleep. He will even commentate on a film we are both watching together, telling me what we have bothe actually just seen, but then asking what’s happened next because he’s talked over that bit!

DS2 just opens his mouth and all sorts comes out. He’ll have random conversations, lots of “why” and “how do you know?”. If he’s not talking, he just makes lots of noises or shouts random phrases - baby goat being his current favourite. He’s being assessed for asd, and we know that when his odd noises get louder/more frequent he’s becoming overwhelmed.

I have to admit I sometimes hide in the toilet to escape the constant stream of noise from the pair of them. I love them dearly but my god, if the SAS need a new type of psychological torture they need look no further!

Oh yes. 8 year old and constant since she learned to talk. We have lovely chats but equally an hour and a half being talked at about mine craft without taking a breath is exhausting.

On the plus she is confident and outgoing and genuingely interested in what is going on around her.