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AIBU?

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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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AmandaPayne · 28/02/2013 21:29

Oh God YES. I feel exactly the same.

DD1 specialises in this type of endless, endless talking. She also talks so much she doesn't listen to the questions I ask her. We are having an ongoing discussion about the fact that mummy finds it mildly irritating to have her questions ignored once, or even twice, but once I've asked three times I start to get cross.

Yes, yes, yes to the driving. DD1 always talks to me whilst I am trying to do any particularly tricky parking, or as you say if cars shoot out etc. I end up saying "Please just be quiet a minute, Mummy needs to concentrate." Sadly this has backfired, as she now sees her role as 'Mummy's driving coach' and I get

"You are doing really well mummy. You didn't hit that car mummy. We are nearly in the space mummy." Or when we get home "You did really good driving today mummy".

She also specialises in the cryptic question. So we are sitting at the dinner table. "Mummy, what's the name of that bit of black plastic?" "What bit of black plastic, where is it?" "Not here mummy. In the car mummy. That bit of black plastic." Turned out, after lengthy discussions about all the bloody black plastic items in a car interior, that she meant the casing for the seat belt.

Arrrrghhhh!

kim147 · 28/02/2013 21:34

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CheerfulYank · 28/02/2013 21:45

DS has a special knack for asking me insistent questions when I'm trying to do something that requires concentration and I keep saying "just a minute, just a minute" but he won't stop until I snap "STOP! Just wait!" And then he looks wounded. Arrrgghhhhh.

AlwaysWashing · 28/02/2013 22:04

Oh God I feel your pain!! DS1 is 2 at the end of March and has been using 3 and 4 word sentences for about 6 months now - there are days when it seems like he doesn't stop talking for the whole 12 hours he's awake!
Even when we've asked him to "rest" for a while (rather than shaaaaaaaart aaaaaaaaaaarp) he'll keep a little running commentary "Mummy are you talking Daddy? Talking to Daddy. Errrrrrm Daddy. mummy and Daddy. Talking. Yes. One, two big cranes, LOOK Mummy." Or he'll run through the names of all his friends, Grandparents, Aunties etc or simply repeat things - a bus, a bus, a big bus, a biiiiig bus, a bus - until you re engage him in conversation!
Quite impressive really but some days I feel like my ears are bleeding and my brain is mush!

LadyPessaryPam · 28/02/2013 22:06

You should all record, record and record more. This will be comedy gold for the next 50 years.

Flojobunny · 28/02/2013 22:08

OP my DS is just like this except he's 7 now and still talks non stop, doesn't matter what he's doing he talks and talks, unfortunately by the age of 7 I often end up saying "just shut up" which he sometimes does for about 30 seconds. The only time he isn't talking is when he's asleep. Then he snores, loudly!

Moominsarescary · 28/02/2013 22:09

Ds2 is 10 and still never shuts up

dreamofwhitehorses · 28/02/2013 22:15

Oh gosh my DS was like this. I would take comfort from imagining what it must have been like for Leonardo da Vinci's mother. She must have been one of the great unsung heroines of history!

Arion · 28/02/2013 22:20

Friend didn't quite realise DD's extreme questioning. Gave her a lift (age 4), counted 54 'whys?' in an 8 minute journey! Friend admitted, she didn't quite understand just how vocal she was when I'd complained about how many questions I got!

DoJo · 28/02/2013 23:23

I love the fact that, despite the stereotype of a chatty girl, most of the culprits on this thread seem to be boys! Am in two minds about whether I should encourage mine now, although he spent about an hour 'singing' to the washing machine earlier which he interspersed with thumps on the window from a tube of vitamins which are his current favourite toy, so perhaps he's already well on the way...

CheerfulYank · 28/02/2013 23:34

I have actually shouted today. I'm just so tired and pregnant and the constant talk talk talk is driving me mad!

All he would do was play with one car and jabber away. He kept vrooming the car into me while I was trying to clean. I asked him to stop, politely, a few times until it hit me in the foot for the millionth time and I hollered "STOP" and issued dire warnings about what would happen if I saw that car again.

Arrrrgh! He has to go to tae kwon do now and I have to go to work. I don't want to at all, am sooo tired, but am looking forward to the quiet!

sydlexic · 01/03/2013 00:48

Mine is 12 and barely draws breath. He even talks and laughs in his sleep.

SouthernComforts · 01/03/2013 01:10

Cos...cos...because..mummy listen!... I can't.. cos...cos...

Finish the sentence dd!!!

I feel your pain.

Toomanycuppas · 01/03/2013 02:30

My DD1 was also born talking. She wouldn't even stop talking even when she was crying, so it was "wah wah, blah blah blah, wah, blah blah ...". Once I just wanted her to stop crying and settle herself a bit and thought if only she wasn't trying to talk at the same time it might help - cue me saying "if you just stop talking, you'll calm down a bit" at the same time clamping one hand on top of her head and the other under her chin . Wickedest mummy moment when I realised her tongue was then trapped between her teeth . I let her cry/talk/snot all over me every time after that incident.

She's 23 now and still talks a lot but can have silent moments too. There is hope.

ScillyCow · 01/03/2013 02:50

DS: Mummy, can I take my teddy in the car?
Me: Yes, DS
DS: Why?

Sharksandfishes · 01/03/2013 04:39

DS1 (4) is like this. DH has been telling everyone of the time he came home to me saying "DS, please stop talking, mummy has no room in her head for anymore of your words" :)

He talks ALL THE BLOODY TIME!

APiratesMummy · 01/03/2013 08:10

Ha ha ha - brilliant!! I think myself on a daily basis. My 3 year old is sat next to me yapping as I'm typing this asking the same question over and over and over and OVER again. She also gets annoyed when you agree with her for some odd reason..."Mummy, the cat's gone downstairs"..."I know"..."Mummy she has!"..."I know sweetheart"..."MUMMY SHE HAS!!". I'm not sure how else I am supposed to agree with her!

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uggbug · 01/03/2013 08:21

DS got up and came into my room this morning, not so much as a good morning, just 'Mummy, why is there one banister at the top, then lots of banisters, then one more banister at the bottom?'

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BeaWheesht · 01/03/2013 08:54

Ds is 6 and still like this I'm afraid. Dh quite often mouth 'shut up' to each other when ds can't see us. His most common conversations are about Star Wars and football, I'd prefer a chat about tropical fruit tbh.

Incidentally I read 'mrsstewpot's comment as 'he sounds like a twat' and was

KittyLane1 · 01/03/2013 10:08

My dd is the love of my life. She is clever, beautiful, articulate, funny and sweet. But my god she never shuts up! From 6am to 8pm its constant. She is adorable and we read a lot so she has picked up on loads of cute sayings and songs but its exhausting.
Example: in Asda,
Dd: mummy we were in the bath mummy
Me: yes darling
Dd: we got all washed. Scrub a dub in a tub
Me: yes we are all clean now
Dd: iv got little boobies, u have big boobies, u are hairy like a...Mon-kee
Me: 0_0

Januarymadness · 07/03/2013 21:23

dd is, according to nursery, a shy and quiet child. Good god tell that to my ears. Even my mum commented that she didnt stop for a breath today.

Keepsmilingsunshine · 07/03/2013 21:27

My DS is just the same. I remember the days when I was desperate for him to start talking...little did I know that once he started he wouldn't stop! I'm not quite sure when he manages to take a breath .

MrsMymble · 07/03/2013 21:27

uggbug he sounds hilarious. Sometimes you do just yearn for them to take a breath though, don't you?

Rowgtfc72 · 07/03/2013 22:13

Dd turned six today, it does not get better. We tried the "if you can manage to not say mummy more than ten times this afternoon you can have a treat" That went within two minutes. Now she just looks at me when she draws breath and says "mummy, are your ears bleeding ?"

Jibberoo · 07/03/2013 22:20

Yes I know your pain. Ds 3.6 started talking late but is making up for it every second of every day. He even has the cheek to tell me not o talk as he is talking I live for the evenings when he's in bed (he even talks in his sleep grr) and I don't have to answer
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