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to wish my DS would juuuust shuuuut uuuup!

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uggbug · 28/02/2013 17:42

He is 3.10. He talks from the minute he gets up until the second he goes to bed. I have just given him some tinned tropical fruit salad and sat down to MN in peace. Oh no. It went something like this...'what's this Mummy? is it mango Mummy? We have this at pre-school mummy. What's this Mummy? Papaya? What does papaya do to you Mummy? Does it make your muscles strong Mummy? Does it stop you getting ill Mummy? What's this Mummy? Pineapple? What does pineapple do.....' I actually just sat here and wrote 'shut. up' in the search bar. Just to make myself feel better. SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shut up.

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mrsstewpot · 28/02/2013 17:44

Oh God - how annoying!

He sounds highly intelligent though!

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uggbug · 28/02/2013 17:45

He's just talked to the TV and said 'Thanks for bringing these programmes to CBeebies chaps' and then done the other side of the conversation in a deep voice 'that's alright.'

Then come over and said 'Mummy one cheek has food in it, one cheek has water in it' . Four times. Because I was blanking him.

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littlewhitebag · 28/02/2013 17:46

Maybe you need to give up on the MN plan and sit down and chat to your DC about the riveting properties of tropical fruit salad in long and lengthy detail. You might bore him into silence??

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uggbug · 28/02/2013 17:48

'I wish we had a sundial Mummy. The I wouldn't have to wear a watch and mummy and daddy wouldn't have to wear a watch'

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mrsstewpot · 28/02/2013 17:48

He sounds like a hoot!

My DS (16mo) has just been bathed, sudocremed and nappied up and put in clean pjs.... And has just done a massive shit. Swap?

TeaJunky · 28/02/2013 17:49

Oh dear.
I thought I had it bad with 'mummy where does all the dirt go from the washing machine?' And such like questions Blush

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uggbug · 28/02/2013 17:49

Can you hang up my sculpture mummy. With wire. It would need to be wire without any electricity in it.

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storminabuttercup · 28/02/2013 17:49

Aw, I know it's in jest but your poor DS repeating himself as you 'blanked him' Hmm DS goes on and on but I always answer even if its a 'yes dear'

*disclaimer I'm very hormonal today

Binfullofmaggotsonth45 · 28/02/2013 17:50

Introduce him to some "How it's Made" videos on YouTube for 15 minutes.

DS was the kid of a million questions. He would sit in awed silence watching production lines at balloon factories and other such stuff.

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uggbug · 28/02/2013 17:52

I'm a squash hamster. With my cheeks full of squash

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Januarymadness · 28/02/2013 17:52

yanbu dd is that age and exactly the same. I love her more than words and would never say it but sometimes I do think it.

CinnabarRed · 28/02/2013 17:53

DS2 (2.10 years) is just the same. Endless questions, usually with a sing-song rising-falling inflection.

DS2: what you doing Mama?
Me: chatting with Granny DS2.
DS2: what you doing Granny?
Granny: peeling potatoes DS2
DS2: what you doing Dada?
DH: reading the paper DS2
DS2: what you doing DS1?
DS2: what you doing DS1?
DS2: what you doing DS1?
DS1 (5.3 years): I heard you the first time DS2, I'm just not going to answer.
DS2: what you doing DS3?
DS3 (17 months, not talking yet):

DS2: what you doing Mama?
Me: Still talking to Granny DS2. Just as I was a minute ago.

DS2: what you doing Granny?

Repeat ad infinitum.

He's also the champion of the use of questions to drag a conversation on:

Me: put your PJs on DS2.
DS2: which PJs?
Me: Yours. The ones right there.
DS2: these ones?
Me: Yes DS2, those ones.
DS2: what, these ones?
Me: Yes DS2, exactly those ones.
DS2: my ones?
Me: Yes DS2, your ones, the ones right there. Your ones. The ones you've been wearing every night this week. Those ones.
DS2: the Mickey Mouse ones?
Me: Yes DS2.
DS2: not the dinosaur ones?
Me: NOT THE DINOSAUR ONES, THE MICKEY MOUSE ONES. THESE ONES THAT I'M ACTUALLY HOLDING IN MY HANDS RIGHT NOW. THESE ONES. JUST PUT THEM ON, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S GOOD AND HOLY.

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uggbug · 28/02/2013 17:53

Obviously I only blanked him briefly. Give me a break. I engage and interact with it 12 hours a day

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uggbug · 28/02/2013 17:53

it! him!

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Binfullofmaggotsonth45 · 28/02/2013 17:53

Is he typing now Uggbug, or is it still you?

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Manchesterhistorygirl · 28/02/2013 17:53

Oh god uggbug this is my life. Ds1 didn't talk until he was 2, he was actually referred for speech therapy. he is seven now and hasn't shut up since the day he decided to talk.

Why
Why
Why
Why
How
How
But WHY?

Ds2 is shaping up to be the same.
Ds1 is a very clever boy and now we have some formal measurement he is well ahead of the curve. Which is good and bad, it's exhausting being his mummy at times because he wants to know everything and in great detail, all.the.time. Everyone said that school would wear him out and extinguish his thirst for knowledge. .

TallyGrenshall · 28/02/2013 17:53

He sounds just like my DS 4. From the very second he opens his eyes until they close at night it is a constant stream of words.

I do try to always respond to him and answer questions etc but by dinner time I am down to 'mmhmm' and 'yes dear'. Today he sat and listed words beginning with 'G' for what felt like 3 hours. I cannot maintain enthusiasm for that at all

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uggbug · 28/02/2013 17:55

And now my DD is learning to talk. God help me.

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BitchyDragons · 28/02/2013 17:57

I'd like to tell you it stops but ds is only quiet right now because he has his goggles on in the bath and is blowing loud noisy bubbles. We have moved onto questions that confuse a lot of grown up. I prefer this as I have to use my brain and research the stuff and it is interesting. Sleeping lions? A game where you see how long you can lie still and quiet. The longer you can manage it the better you are at the game Wink

Theicingontop · 28/02/2013 17:58

Christ mine's only 2.5 and the only time he's quiet is when he's eating, it's a wonder he's not morbidly obese.

I look back to when I wish he'd talk and mentally poke myself in the eye.

But he's lovely, and the majority of what he does say is lovely mummy look at my willy my willy is BIG, not being one of them. Your DS sounds adorable but I'm so with you on this.

DublinMammy · 28/02/2013 17:59

My DS (4 in May) is exactly the same, on and on and on. Normally I go with it but today I found that I wanted to scream shut the fuck up at him. Again and again and again. In my defence I also have an 8 week old, mastitis and a rotten cold and my husband is out tonight, a work thing he can't get out of.

TobyLerone · 28/02/2013 18:02

Mine's 13 and still yaps constantly. Sorry.

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uggbug · 28/02/2013 18:03

He just went into the toilet AND WAS STILL TALKING TO ME. While he was weeing. Sigh.

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StickEmWithThePointyEnd · 28/02/2013 18:06

Do you know what's even more annoying?

Ds (2.6): Mummy?
Me: Yes?
Ds:
Ds: Mummy?
Me: What?
Ds:
Ds: Mummy?
Me: Yes?
Ds:
Ds: Mummy?
Me:
Ds: Mummy?
Me:
Ds: MUMMY?
Me:
Ds:MUUUUMMY!
Me: What?
Ds:

Arrgggghhh!

BitchyDragons · 28/02/2013 18:29

Ds has just done that to me StickEm told him to stop or go to bed 30mins early. this is the bonus of them getting older.