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

[gobananasgo]

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 3yo doesn't stop talking. It has saddened me greatly to learn this isn't going to stop anytime soon.

@Lovelise frazzles ? Do they even make those still ? She sounds very descriptive.

My neighbour is more pow bow ahhhhh, blast, I'm a super hero, I'll chop you. Here's my sword, swoosh, laser ahhhh. Take that bad guy. See my jump, ha ya, super speed. Attack laser.

My 8 year old hasn't shut up since he learnt to speak. Its exhausting and we do tell him to take a break but he just can't stop. Every last thought that pops into his head must come out. He even talks in his sleep.

Spam88

I've got a talker. I also work in school and it is normal. Not all kids, there is a talking spectrum with kids throughout, always a couple at either end of the extremes

[quote gobananasgo]@Lovelise frazzles ? Do they even make those still ? She sounds very descriptive.

My neighbour is more pow bow ahhhhh, blast, I'm a super hero, I'll chop you. Here's my sword, swoosh, laser ahhhh. Take that bad guy. See my jump, ha ya, super speed. Attack laser. [/quote]
He's story telling in his head. Using his imagination, it's a good thing.

I've got a DC with ADHD, and one without, the one without is the one that has no mute button.

Sometimes it’s normal, sometimes it isn’t. It can be a sign of autism, as in a lack of social awareness - not knowing or caring whether the person you’re talking at is a) listening or b) interested

I call it narrating or monologuing. I have one child diagnosed and one child waiting for assessment. The older one barely seems to draw breath some days. It’s exhausting. I crave peace and quiet.

Not just 5 either, can continue right up til sudden change in the teen years!

i love her very much but I can spend one day with my 10 year old niece tops. She's always been the same. It's. Just. Constant.

I have a talker, he’s 6 and currently sat eating his tea with constant reminders not to talk while he’s eating. No volume control or mute button.
My DM looked after him for a day pre-lockdown and told me she’d never been glad she was deaf in one ear before

@gobananasgo Got it! It's funny how a 6 year old describes Frazzles. Not, those yummy crisps that taste like bacon but a rectangle with stripes on. I found it very amusing.

Eek, do you live next to us?

My little boy is 5 and a non-stop chatter box, he can be very shouty as well. I am however mindful of his volume if we’re on the balcony/in public etc, as much as I don’t mind his chatter I know it would irritate other people. The only time he is quiet is when hes asleep.

My DS is a bit like this. He's 12 now. He was quite a "chatty" baby and then an early talker and it feels like I've not had any peace in 12 years 😂

I am a very quiet person. My husband and DD are very quiet people. He more than makes up for the rest of us!

@SingingSands

My DS is a bit like this. He's 12 now. He was quite a "chatty" baby and then an early talker and it feels like I've not had any peace in 12 years 😂

I am a very quiet person. My husband and DD are very quiet people. He more than makes up for the rest of us!

My DH and I are both really quiet as well. We were a bit shell-shocked when DS found his voice - he totally fills our silence, but DH gets off lightly because for some reason 99% of it is directed at me.

My DS was like this, talked non stop the minute his eyes opened in the morning until he went to bed at night.

My 6 year talks and talks and talks and talks and talks....

Awww I have a very chatty loud DD8 and I love it! But me and DH are very chatty too. And loud. We do try really hard to be considerate in public places and teach DD to speak softly in restaurants etc. It’s doubly hard though because I am partially deaf and so need volume or I can’t hear. Nor can I tell how loud I am. sorry!

Mine can talk a lot. Like all the way home from school without drawing breath. But he’s not loud. He uses a reasonable “indoor” voice.

Quite normal, many children chatter away non stop, and sing. It wouldn't bother me but if I was the parent, I would discourage shouting (if I could).

I have two talkers .....one to be fair learnt from the other and actually ds1 uses verbal stimming a lot with his extra needs.

Its constant in this house , if one ever stops the other fills in the silence

I have been known to set Alexa's timer for 5 minutes quiet time (never works eldest starts tapping something or tapping his feet)

I remember looking at my 5 year old dd one morning fast asleep, she looked so serene, then suddenly her eyes opened, and at the exact same second she started chattering away about god know what 😂

I have more photos of the kids asleep than I do of them awake, and they're all taken because I was enjoying the peace and quiet.

We went on a walk today and despite DS being a bit stroppy we were arguing over whose turn it was to walk with him because DD Would Not Stop Talking. Apparently she was Captain DD and we all had a challenge and she was going to tell us who had won (but wasn't going to tell us what we had to do).

My just-6 yo DS has barely drawn breath since lockdown started. Barely says boo to a goose at school though, apparently!

I don't think DS2 drew breath between the ages of two and eight.
He's 22 now and quite reserved