Dealing with a toddler interrupting

[Greenknees]

DD is 2. Every time I talk to someone else she will start shouting ‘mummy, mummy’ getting louder and louder until I speak to her - and even then she doesn’t always have anything to ask, she just wants my attention so continues to repeat ‘mummy, mummy’.

The first time she says it while I’m talking, I look at her, smile and say ‘Just wait a minute, I am talking to XX’ - but it has no effect. I have had a talk to her about waiting her turn to talk and she now sometimes replaces ‘mummy mummy’ with ‘I’m waiting, look how good I am being waiting. Mummy! Are you proud of me?!’

Anyway, not the hugest issue but if anyone has successfully trained their child to wait patiently I would love to hear how!

Try practicing with teddies. Gather them round the table and make two of them chat. DD has to get her teddy to wait until it's their turn to speak.

I trained my dd to tug on my sleeve.
I had read in the book 'A Nun's Story' that this was the way nuns got each others attention during The Grand Silence.
Worked like a charm.

Our method was that if the dc wanted our attention they'd put their hand on my arm, and then I would put my hand on theirs to show i knew they were waiting and I'd come to them in a sec.

I think it is hard for young kids to interject politely in a conversation.

Still training my two (10 yo has ASD) I have to point out that we are taking turns.

Sometimes it is better for everyone's sanity to let DS1 just say it so we can move on quickly. That's different to just letting him crash over the top and dominate.