Is it normal for 5 years to talk constantly with no gaps?

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There is a very noisey boy next door. He talks shouts nonstop and I don't know if it's normal? He's an only child so not talking to a sibling, maybe to his parents. I'm asking because my 5 year old has had a speech delay and was very late to talk ( did speak a single word until after age 2). He does speak now in sentences, but he's more of a when required type, more introverted.

Another friend DS has doesn't stop taking even when my DS tried to answer his questions. He speaks fast and constantly. Are these kids extreme on the talking or is mine ? Also I shout "stop shouting" at mine and ask them to speak quietly if outdoors in the garden.

.. my DS Didn't speak until 2 ..

I'd say it's unusual, yes

Mine's 8,5yo and we've been blessed with the Minecraft Monologue for the last 6 months, it ramped up during lockdown

Yes, he's a waffler in general.

My 5 to does not stop talking. She even talks in her sleep(!). I had to ask her today to stop talking, I feel mean but my ears were actually hurting and she was constantly distracting me. 😬

I’ve taught reception and year 1 for years.
Every year there is one or two children who simply never stop talking.

My almost 5 year old dd talks non-stop. Drives me fucking insane. I also have to ask her to be quiet and use an indoor voice with alarming regularity

DS1 was like this. He is not quite as bad now he is 11 but still has an incredible talent for stating the obvious and/or emptying his head of thoughts at me usually when it's past bedtime.

I think it’s normal.

I have a dd that talks non stop and has done since she was two, and my ds was just like yours, with my other two somewhere in between. I took him to a speech therapist and it turned out he could talk, but just preferred to listen. DD is now a teenager and if I'm collecting her from somewhere she actually starts talking to me as soon as she sees the car and doesn't seem to mind that she has to start again once in the car. She's great fun but it's exhausting sometimes. Ds is popular, ime people like a listener just as much as a chatter box.

It sounds the extreme end of normal.

My friend's daughter was like this, but then her mum and gran are great talkers! She is quieter as an adult.

Dad said of her at nursery age (not in her hearing) "yes she's a good talker, like a machine gun : never stops once started."

My DD is like this, she does not stop all day long!

My 5 yo does not stop talking, I have 1 other that was like that at 5 and anytime my mum hears him he's like 'oh remember(2 of our cousins) they never stopped either. So I'd say yes, normal here anyhoo, barely takes a breath, goes from topic to topic. (Smiling thinking of it)

Mine started talking at 9 months. He has not drawn breath since and he's now 13. Everything from his nursery book to his high school reports has mentioned how 'articulate' he is and how 'keen to contribute to discussions' - we had one wonderful comment in his book after a nursery trip to the park: 'R kept us entertained on the way there and back by telling us all about every car we passed' Basically my life has been a non-stop monologue about cars > Top Gear > Minecraft > cars again > Fortnite > cars again > planes > Japan > planes to Japan. It's exhausting, but it's just his normal and I miss it when he's not here!

Yup my 7 year old is like this. He narrates everything he does, especially when gaming. I often have to request "quiet time" as it can become draining

Both normal - I have one of each. I have to tell the chatty one that if they don’t even draw breath there is no space for me to answer!

My youngest started speaking well at about 2 and I dont think she has paused for breath since - shes 12 next week!

Yes it's fairly normal.

I am another mum of a 5 year old who literally talks 24/7, even when shes asleep. She also didnt speak properly till she was 2 but she did babble endlessly before then. I think it's just her personality, so not unusual but neither is a quiet child.

God. Yes.

@elQuintoConyo I think we have the same 8.5 year old

Ps ds7 split his head open in school and they said while they were waiting for us he told about 10 jokes and had them all roaring laughing!!!

I like to say my son has verbal diarrhoea 🤣 he literally never stops talking all day! Random questions and before I can get the answer out he is asking another question!

I've got one. DD is 6 and loves to talk but it all comes out at once, so it's often mixed up. We often have to decifer what she means, which can be tiring. Things like this..DD wanted some crisps.. 'Rectangles with stripes down' anyone?

Not to be rude, but I didn't know if it could to some additional needs like ADHD ? I don't know much about this condition to be fair. But they are both very confident kids, where as mine is more timid, so seems could be just personality type.

There was a time I wished my DS would say Mum, now he says is 997 times a day I'm a bit 🙉 but hearing the boy next door talk constantly is another level. Bless his parents ears.