Dear god, DS2 hasn't stopped talking all morning

[MyGhastIsFlabbered]

DS2 aged 7 has been awake since about 6:30 and had not even paused for breath....I love him dearly, but the never ending stream of chat about Minecraft, Roblox, exercise, the dog, the cat etc is just about to drive me round the bananas.

Can anyone sympathise?

@HairyFloppins that's made me chuckle about your brother

I have one of those. She doesn't stop from the moment she wakes to the moment she goes to sleep.
My brain at the weekend is just mush...

My 5yo has been verbally stimming all fucking day. Normally I can tune him out but it's raining so we're all cooped up inside which makes the other DC louder and I'm not well with this viral thing that's doing the rounds so I'm hyper-aware of him.

"BLOOP LA ROOP BLOOOOOOOOOP .... LOOP LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" in the highest and loudest of falsetto voices.

"Naughty girl... naughty girl... naughty girl..." over and over which the 2yo takes offence to so she ends up squawking that she is NOT a naughty girl, DS is a naughty girl.

"I've got a blank space baby, and I'll write your name... I've got a blank space baby, and I'll write your name... I've got a blank space baby, and I'll write your name..."

Current repetition of choice is "1... 2... 3... DING DONG!" which has been going on for the last thirty minutes.

I'd like it to be bedtime please.

Yes. I have 25 of them from 9-3, Monday to Friday.

I type this from the bath room where I’m running a bath (for me). Ds is on the other side for the the bathroom door saying that if he brings a pillow he can still talk to me while I’m in the bath because he gets lonely in the bath and he doesn’t want me to be lonely.
I remember the being ignored as a kid when talking incessantly and I remember it was horrible so I do try and listen and have a favourite minecraft mod, Pokemon type and lol surprise. But spent yesterday googling isolation pods, 2 hours of absolute silence would be the equivalent to a fortnights holiday I reckon.

My DC is like this. Incessant chatter interspersed with "can I tell you something?" ( Which will happen regardless of what answer I give), lisots of "please, please, please, please can I have a snack/Watch TV/etc." and telling me what Emma said to James today in maths or why Alice isn't friends with Polly today.

I quite liked Why questions. Apparently they go through this phase to find out what "why" means.

@galvantula - I feel your pain. Two years ago on holiday, we had to give DS (then 6) only10 mins a day when he was allowed to talk about Ninjago.

Those were a long 10 minutes, I can tell you.

Do none of you tell them to be quiet, ever? This explains a lot.

Do none of you tell them to be quiet, ever? This explains a lot.

DS is autistic and stimming. If you think "be quiet" will have any effect whatsoever then feel free to pop round and tell him so.

Oh I see. I hadn’t read that. Apologies.

Oh yes. I had to tell my ds who is 7 to be quiet repeatedly whilst driving earlier. I couldn't hear myself think.

I happen to have a class of yr1&2 this year that don’t understand that the need to be quiet at times. We’re nearly at half term and still it continues. Having to resort to tough measures. Never known a cohort like it.

I teach reception.
I feel your pain. At least in school they can chat shit to each other.

I find the responses difficult.
Child: you know Suzie ?
Me: no I don’t.
Child: well she blah blah blah blah.
It’s hard to come up with a response when you have no idea if Suzie is an adult, child, dog, imaginary friend or tv show character.

But nothing on earth is as annoying as the tapping. Oh god the tapping.
When I get home dh knows he is not to say anything or touch me for at least 30 minutes.

My two are doing my freaking head in right now. Sometimes the noises and shrieking that comes out of my 4 year old makes me feel physically sick.... Counting down the seconds until bedtime now.

Ha ha yes the tapping. In year 1 a seated child taps in an inappropriate place when I am standing. I need total time alone when I get home. Total personal space overload!

The thing is with the telling them to be quiet, yes I do tell ds to be quiet. But most of the time, he is doing nothing wrong, silencing him feels wrong, it's a punishment if all he is doing is expressing himself. Yes it can be relentless but if I really need him to be quiet I will say. But then I'm also running with an ASD situation, I did say to DH as we strolled round our local NT garden earlier, whilst listening to a description of some game/creature/thing "it's not so much a stream of consciousness as a juggernaut!!"

With ASD it’s different but otherwise I think DC should learn that talking incessantly can be bad manners. 2 ears, 1 mouth and all that.

@Benjispruce - all the time. Works with DD, harder with DS who has some attention and impulse control issues!

Oh wow I've found you all! I was sitting here today not listening to a monologue about WWE wrestling (again) from my 8yo Ds, wondering whether it was just me who has an issue with this. It's so much, it's so loud!! I love him but by god can the child chat, and I also have an 18 month old who is just angry about everything at the moment so between the whinging and the monologues I could happily have dug out a bunker in the back garden this afternoon.

@Bigbopboo - yesssss!! Why always the "mum?" When I'm the only other person that he could possibly be talking tooo!! 🤨

I do tell mine to be quiet...it lasts for about 2 minutes then they're off again. And being a lone parent I'm the only person they can talk to most of the time. I miss them when they're at their dad's but on the other hand....oh the peace!

My DS is only 21 months and doesn't speak yet (another issue) but this sounds so very cute to me! The idea that they have so much to say to their mum and lots to chat about is just adorable!

@eyesbiggerthanstomach come back when you've been on the receiving end of a million questions about Minecraft/Lego/Roblox etc. It does SOUND cute but the reality is waaaaay different to the expectation.

Sorry if I sound patronising, I really don't mean to.,.but if someone mentions any of the above one more time I'm going to scream!

@MyGhastIsFlabbered come to think of it none of those topics interest me and I don't even know what 2 of them are. I think I had imagined he would be chatting about things I want to talk about!!