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AIBU?

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Original poster

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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happyhorse · 28/02/2013 19:20

We need to get all these kids together so they can talk to each other!

Chandon · 28/02/2013 19:20

Yes, my DS talked non stop. When I would ask him to be quiet for a minute, e would be all hurt and storm off to go and talk to the wall, or the door.

Then when he started school, the house was just so quiet...

It made me feel a bit sad and lonely.

So DH bought me a radio Grin

magimedi · 28/02/2013 19:23

My DS talked non stop as soon as he could. He's now well over 30 & still talks non stop!

He now lives in France & rings me up regularly & is quite happy to witter away to mama for ages & I love it!

CheerfulYank · 28/02/2013 19:34

Ohhhhh yanbu.

I was up til 6 a.m. (pregnancy insomnia) and now DS is talk talk talking. (He's 5.6)

I've tried to explain to others how much he talks but they really don't get it until they spend time with him. He starts talking before his eyes open in the morning. He talks in his sleep. He talks while eating despite repeated warnings. He told me a story for four hours one time, only stopping because MIL picked him up to watch him while I was at work. He just transferred telling it to her, without pause.

He talks to the dog. He goes outside and I watch him out the window talking to himself. He lurks in wait to talk to the mailman. He goes upstairs to his room and talks to his toys. He phones my parents every day and yammers until I force him off the phone.

I'm just so tired.

xigris · 28/02/2013 19:36

Oh God, I feel your pain on this one! DS1&DS2 talk CONSTANTLY from the second they open their eyes to the second they go to bed. Constantly, I tell you. They are lovely and very entertaining but it's so wearing! God help me when DS3 (8 weeks) learns to talk. I had my post natal check today and actually got the GP to check my ears (not very natal admittedly Hmm) but I've been a bit deaf lately. He couldn't find anything wrong so personally I just think my ears are just worn out from listening to the pair of them go on and on and on......As my Mum says "you never have to start a conversation with those two, do you?". No. No you don't (sigh)

saulaboutme · 28/02/2013 19:51

I really,really, feel for you. My ds is nearly 8 now and he was like this. I wanted to put my head through the wall. It drained me and left me so miserable. I could not keep up with him and wouldn't even have a chance to answer him he talked so much.
You don't want to be horrible not he's making you miserable and you have no peace. I had to stay saying I needed abut of time with no talking. It got him used to not talking for a while and understanding I need to be able to have my own train of thought without constant questions and conversation.

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uggbug · 28/02/2013 19:59

Thanks all for moral support with this difficult issue! Stickyg that did make me laugh. At the moment I get the 'Mummy what's the name of the thing that goes erm.....the thing that goes erm......the thing that goes erm...' and I actually said 'you know, if you don't know what it is you want to say, don't open your mouth until you do know'. Meany!

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QOD · 28/02/2013 19:59

My dd was born talking I swear.

Even now at 14 its eye wateringly painful sometimes

"Mum, what's the cat thinking"
"I wish miniqod would leave me alone?"
"Do you think he knows us"

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Sometimes I swear it's like her brain is farting, she's 14 and at grammar school ffs. It's talking for the sake of talking. Argh

Manchesterhistorygirl · 28/02/2013 20:00

That's what it's like here, the constant questioning without being able to actually get am answer in.

My mum said to dh when he was new dp, "you'd have a speech impediment don't you, in that you have to stop to breathe", I should have run away shouldn't it? Grin She now says about ds1 that she has to build extra time in to any day out/trip to the shops/school run that she does with him.

Sorry to repost, but its nice to have people who understand.

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uggbug · 28/02/2013 20:00

The best one is he is now learning sarcasm from me. So all day my 1 yr old DD gets 'Thanks for that DD. Thanks'. From my DS. 'Thanks for making that dirty nappy DD. Thanks very much. That's lovely.'

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Smudging · 28/02/2013 20:02

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simonthedog · 28/02/2013 20:02

My DD nearly 6 is still like this and I feel so mean at times, but it is exhausting! Even when she's in bed she talks to herself for about an hour before going to sleep.

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uggbug · 28/02/2013 20:02

I am actually making myself laugh now. It is funny isn't it. In a hysterical kind of a way.

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uggbug · 28/02/2013 20:03

Yes as you leave the room after tucking in 'Mummy....what's the name of....what's that... erm...' me: 'You haven't actually got a question have you DS'. Pure delaying tactics.

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flippinada · 28/02/2013 20:07

To those who feel they are being mean, please don't!

During the half term holidays DS was talking, talking, talking and my nerves were so frayed that at one point I put my head in my hands and said "will you please, please just BE QUIET for five minutes".

Sometimes the incessant chatter is just too much!

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uggbug · 28/02/2013 20:09

But he also focuses on every single sound that you utter as well. So today I am driving up a single track road and another car suddenly comes along and I say 'erk'. Cue DS (while I am trying to manoeuvre around a 4 x 4 via tight passing places) 'Mummy why did you say erk? Why? Why did you say erk?' and you mutter something while concentrating like 'because I saw that car' and he'll say 'pardon mummy? pardon? why did you say erk?' And sometime I just end up shouting 'because I nearly crashed into that car!!!!'

Now whenever we are coming up to any sort of junction / roundabout / narrow road I have to say 'just let mummy concentrate DS!'. He is going to grow up thinking I am a useless driver!

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FeistyLass · 28/02/2013 20:15

Snap! My ds is like this too. Sometimes I let him telephone his gran or one of his aunties just so I get a break for 5 minutes . . .although it's more likely to be 20 because he can't just talk for 5 minutes. When they start to get fed up, he'll ask if there is anyone else in the house he can talk to on the phone.
One night he started listing every career he might have. It went on for about an hour and when he woke up in the morning, his first words were, 'And what else could I be when I grow up? We did . . .' and started to re-list everything from the night before!

DuffyMoon · 28/02/2013 20:27

Ummm...my dd is 15 and is still like this, cannot cope with silence. Funnily enough manchesterhistorygirl she also had speech therapy as she had developmental issues and she hasn't shut up since...

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 28/02/2013 20:37

When DS was 5/6 yo he rattled through every Power Ranger and their merits.
Then it was Pokemon Hmm and who would win in a fight (and I was expected to be rivited by every evolution and super powe)

Now as a 13yo, he is either glued to his iPod / X-Box or asking me inane questions

"You're trying to get down a volcano. The lava is bubbling down the side and you're on a bike"
The bike has square wheels.
I'm welded to it.
Gran is trying to catch me

"I think I'll just throw myself into the volcano. Or free wheel down the hill"

And it goes on.And on....

SummerRainIsADistantMemory · 28/02/2013 20:53

My older two spend every waking moment they spend in the house killing each other. Occasionally ds1 breaks of driving his sister demented to tell me he hates me because I [sent him to bed/told him to stop jumping on the furniture/won't give him sweets]

My youngest didn't speak til he was almost 3, now he spends most of his time pretending to be Ben 10 and shouting out names of aliens

Swap?

mrsrupertpenryjones · 28/02/2013 21:08

We're all there with you! What a shame it's generally frowned upon to scream "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

zoobaby · 28/02/2013 21:09

Thanks ugg. This is the best type of AIBU post. Do I dare hope that my DS (5mo) will one day entertain me? Maybe I should be careful what I wish for.

Haha stickem. That actually sounds like my DP some days.

appletarts · 28/02/2013 21:16

Sometimes I say darling I cannot listen to any more and I cannot talk any more, PLEASE can we do something else. She's 3 and todays offering was; Mummy willies are like rockets, I was a bit surprised and said oh really? So what are foo foos like? She said two rockets!!!!!! FGS.

Jinsei · 28/02/2013 21:20

My dd talks non-stop. She even talks in her sleep. She started talking early as a baby, and just didn't stop.

I sometimes feel guilty when she goes to friends' houses, she probably chews the parents' ears off.

It drives me absolutely crazy at times, especially now that she can tell when I'm not listening and scolds me for it. Blush YANBU to want it to stop sometimes.

But then again, the house seems eerily quiet when she isn't around, and strangely, I find myself missing her constant chatter. One day, she'll be grown up and gone. Don't wish it away too quickly.

ChablisLover · 28/02/2013 21:21

Yip - my ds is the same

He was referred to salt at 3 and now age 6 he does not shut up!

I love him with every bone bu it can get draining.

Yes sweetie is well used at times!

And he is so inquisitive (nosy) and he will sit and tell you about something we've both sen!!