Does anyone else's child not stop talking?!

[Contraceptionismyfriend]

He's 5 and I swear he doesn't shut up. He talks constantly. I've made a massive effort today to give them a good fulfilling day.
9 am they were both out on their bikes with baby in the pram. Rode to the local playing fields I talked, tried to help him ride his bike more confidently, played football, and then park.

3 bloody hours we were out.

Then out to meet family for Sunday dinner. Now we're back. I've got my feet up on the couch with the newborn laying on me and I just want to chill for a little bit before bed time starts.

But he won't piss off! He won't shut up and stop chatting absolute rubbish. I've even said to him that I'm a little tired after all we've done today but he just sits for 10seconds and then starts again!!!

He's always like this. But it's been highlighted more with the summer holidays.

JFC bring on the start of school.

Please tell me I'm not alone!!

He's been talking about the babies hair, and how hair grows for the past 5 mins 😐

mnahmnah my ds did - he used to make this really irritating quacking noise all the time, even when answering questions. Since he started on the medication though he hasn't done it as much.

DD 7 talks all day long whether anyone is listening or not. Her voice is like a foghorn. She can drown out the tv from a room away. She also talks in her sleep and my personal favourite is when she fights with her sister.......in her sleep!!!

Mnah - Yes. Especially when tired, a weird zombie effect noise while in the pram before falling asleep.
Does anyone else feel like they 'come back to life' after 30 minutes of silence at bedtime?

My 4yo just makes up words when she runs out of things to say.

'Blah, blah, blah... this is a himmy manny nana... blah, blah, blah'

'Oh cool, that's nice.'

'Blah blah blah for another twenty minutes... and then I'll get this.. what did I say this was called again?'

'Oh I don't know honey. You made up a new name for it.'

'WHAT WAS IT? I CANT REMEMBER!!! YOU WERENT LISTENING TO ME'

She also professes her undying love for me late at night because I'm a fucking sucker and fall for it. Her bed is in my room at the moment due to v cramped living conditions. It's the coolest room of the house, so I'm in here too. I keep thinking she's asleep, and then I hear..

'Mummy? I just want to say one thing. I love you every day all day for a hundred years'

'Aw thanks baby. Me too'.

Silence for 5 minutes.

'And every night all night for a hundred years'

'Thank you. I love you too. Time for sleepies now though'

Silence for 10 minutes

'Mummy. How much do you like me?'

🤯🤯🤯

God I've just realised who our kids will grow up into 😂

Yep. Mine are chatterboxes too.

Classic one in the car today.

DC1: are we nearly there yet?
Me: no
DC1: are we half way yet?
Me: I'm not sure. I don't think so.
DC1: are we a third of the way?
Me: yes, I'm pretty sure we are a third of the way
DC1: are we three eighths of the way?
Me: er, maybe
DC1: are we five twelfths?
Me: um
DC1: are we six fouteenths?
Me: I don't know
DC1: are we...
Me: argh

Yep dd 6...literally does not shut up from the time she gets out of bed to the time she goes to bed. I love her to bits but it’s friggin exhausting. Especially when DS who has asd actually want to talk, it telling me something and she just non stop goes on and then he gets stressed and then they start arguing. never ending cycle

*The other day I got asked "Why are arms and legs and faces and noses and (continues to list all body parts) named that?

Me: I don't know.

Him: did you name them.

Me: no.

Him: who did

Me: I don't know. I think it would be some Dr from a long long time ago.

Him: why would the dr choose those names.

Me: (losing the will to live) I don't know.

And it went on and on and on.*

That's actually a very good question! I want to know the answer to that too lol.

Yes - I have a 13 year old who often articulates every thought in his head - especially if we're playing a board game. We just tell him to be quiet because our ears are bleeding but he seems unable to stop

Mine's 37 I "switch off", I seem to manage to switch back on if she says something important

We spend the first 2 years getting them to walk and talk, and the next 16 to sit down and shut up.

My older 2 are teens and just talk the normal amount. They’re quite like me and happy to not be permanently gobbing off about bollocks.
Ds on the other hand is 7 and seems to only be happy when he is boring the shit out of me about... gaming crap
“Mum, what’s your favourite version of Mario? Mum, what’s the best power up from the second version? What’s the only power up that’s been going since the game was invented? Which is the hardest boss to defeat? What is the world with the shortest levels? What’s the best platform game? What was the first games console to be made? Which fighter has the most combo moves in street fighter? No, not that version, the first one.......” - no matter what I answer to any of the questions, it will be wrong and I will be corrected. I just don’t care any more. He follows me round the house badgering me with his incessant quizzes. Sometimes I lock myself in the bathroom just for some peace, pretending I'm in the bath. And he sits outside telling me when I get out he will make me a level to play. Can I go back to work yet?

FML I thought there would be light at the end of the tunnel 😱😭

PFB is now nearly 6 and hasn't shut up for about 4.5 years. She came to work with me (once) a while ago and I ended up setting her the challenge of 'if you can be quiet for 5 minutes, you can get an ice cream from next door'. She lasted forty fucking seconds. It's just incessant. My friend looked after her for me a while ago and handed her back with a haunted look on her face and a 'gosh. Girls DO talk a lot, don't they?' (She has boys. Neither has she offered to have her since.)

I love her but oh my god, I can not wait for school to start as PSB will also be starting and I will have the house all to myself and SILENT for two days a week. I can't fucking wait, it's going to be like a holiday.

It's not even 12 o'clock.
My head is splitting.
Tried to get the kids to help clean the bomb site that we live in. Thought if they had specific jobs to do they'd be to busy to talk or at least in another room.

I'm now getting a running commentary on what their doing.

This is why some animals eat their young.

she takes forever to tell a story, it drives me mad. She gets halfway through, decides she's told something a bit wrong and then starts again from the beginning

I used to work with someone who constantly did that. I was inwardly screaming "get to the point!" Crikey she did my head in.

Mine's 6.

Even talks in her sleep.

It's

I now understand why my DM used to lock herself in the toilet and put the TV on. It can be totally overwhelming.

I should add, I'm in the house by myself and all I can hear is

1. traffic
2. a fly
3. builders upstairs
4. a helicopter

It is bliss

I'm a fairly quiet person but my parents aren't. My mam can drone on about people and places that I don't know (or don't care about) endlessly.

'Did you know mouse that xxx form zzz is working in yyy? I didn't until I met qqq in the town and he told me and oh they're moving house....'

She also has a way of trying to tell me something but telling me every detail about that thing. It's never just oh I saw zzz that you might like, it's what she was doing when she saw it, who was with her, what the weather was like... It's endless.

Dad on the other hand always manages to turn the conversation back to stuff he did in his prime. If I hear one more gory story about him working for the fire brigade I might throw something. It was 45 years ago ffs!

Also the TV is never off. I visited last week and mam was in the living room, dad was in the kitchen but they were watching the same thing. The kitchen telly has a slight delay compared to the living room one so you get an echo which is horrid.

Phew. I feel better now!

Oh Lord - the "would you rather"s. I am so glad I'm not alone! It's always about some character I know nothing about as well, so when I choose (because I have to choose) I'm am instantly in trouble because it's always followed up with "why?". Give me strength. I actually feel sorry for his teacher next term.

And if he runs out of stuff to waffle on about he goes back to shouting random nonsense interspersed with a lot of "poo" comments. It's embarrassing in public and exhausting. He's 7.

5yo doesn’t stop. If it’s isn’t words, it’s random noises. Also doesn’t fucking listen.

• mam what’s that man doing?
• watering the garden
• what mam?
• watering the garden
• what mam?

You’ve asked the question, why don’t you listen?! Also interrupts when I’m im answering too. Professionals have actually suggested the youngest speech delay is because of him constantly talking.

Yes yes yes my four year old does not shut up. Ever. Which I wouldn't mind if I could zone out, but she demands a response to every fucking sentence and just repeats herself until you acknowledge her.

Days start with "What are we doing today mummy? What's the weather going to be like today mummy? Can I get dressed yet mummy? I want to wear a t shirt. I like this blue t shirt. Daddy's favourite colour is blue isn't it mummy?..."

And on and on and on and on it continues in a similar vein until bedtime.

My 3yo talks constantly. I think it's cute but he's an only so far

My 3yo only also talks constantly. I don’t think it’s cute because she gets it from her dad. Now they both talk at me constantly, most often over each other.