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AIBU?

Very lighthearted AIBU - but am I unreasonable?! Is it normal?!

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MagratOfStolat · 15/03/2013 09:56

My DS is 22 months old. DP yesterday had a day at home to do work on the computer, so I was doing my normal routine when it comes to DS - we'd play, then watch cartoons, then lunch, then naptime, then he'll play on his own while I get on with housework etcetc...

All going swimmingly until...
DP: JESUS CHRIST! Do you ever STOP TALKING?!?! (with a massive grin on his face)
Me: Eh?! Say what now?
DP: You haven't bloody shut up all day, you'll run out of words in a minute!
Us: Arfarfarf gigglegigglegiggle.

Turns out I'm on my own with DS so much that I've got a running commentary going in English and Pidgeon Welsh! "Look at the pili pala! Isn't it pretty? Are you having fun playing gyda trains ! Awww, ti'n hoffi chwarae trains! Dai iawn! Nah, bach, you can't play here, mami doing the ironing! Mami smwthio!" and on and on!

Is this just a normal "mum stuck at home" thing? I've never been one for complete silence and DP thinks it's hilarious that I'm essentially talking to myself all day long. Is it unreasonable? I didn't even realize the extent to which I was doing it!

I feel quite embarrassed now!

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frostyfingers · 15/03/2013 11:00

I still have trouble remembering not to say "look, choo choo" when the train goes past - my dt's are almost 18.......

Thumbwitch · 15/03/2013 11:04

I certainly did this when DS1 was a baby; less so as he got older. Now I have baby DS2 and I'm finding I'm doing it again. Normal, good for them! And even better if you're adding in a second language :) - wish I could do that.

Cantbelieveitsnotbutter · 15/03/2013 11:05

I knew I had a problem when I started doing it out the house when I was on my own.

paperclips · 15/03/2013 11:14

Ican'tbelieveitsnotbutter- yes me too!

I am worried I will keep doing this when I go back to work, using silly words in serious situations.

mrsjay · 15/03/2013 11:35

I used to do that with mine my dd 1 spoke early I am smug that is was all my hard work
It is how babies and toddlers learn to speak and communicate and I work with parents who dont speak to their babies very much and when one does I always have a huge smile on my face as you can see their babies toddlers switch on like a little light bulb,

Buzzardbird · 15/03/2013 11:59

It's lovely that you talk to your children all the time .

I was praised by my HV for talking to DD when she was a baby and I thought it was strange as I thought everyone would do that?
DD's teacher informed me on parents evening that DD uses some words that you wouldn't expect from a 6yr old. I thought and then when I thought about it I was worried in case she meant 'adult' words .

Tell DH not to use 'Jesus Christ!' in front of DC's or that could be one of their first words

InsertCleverNameChangeHere · 15/03/2013 12:02

One day at school pick-up I said bye to my daughter's teacher and blew her a kiss

I used to do the running commentary thing, then my older two got up a bit and now they talk constantly. Now, I appreciate the silence too much when I'm alone!

HoHoHoNoYouDont · 15/03/2013 12:02

I talk to my cat constantly! He loves it, tilts his head and everything so I know he's listening intently

QuietNinjaTardis · 15/03/2013 13:49

Dh has started asking me if I'm talking to him or if its my inner monologue as I talk to myself all the time! Even when ds isn't there.

Maebe · 15/03/2013 13:51

I was on my own in the office quite regularly when I returned from mat leave. I started giving commentaries to the empty air...

NotWilliamBoyd · 15/03/2013 13:56

Ooh takes me back to when my DC were younger, I was driving along one day and exclaimed, "Ooh look at the big red tractor!"
Only then did i remember that i was not even with my kids, but was driving 2colleagues to a meeting in the next town.
They were great about it, didnt rib me at all for being quite so interested in farm vehicles......

NotWilliamBoyd · 15/03/2013 13:58

Mind you, a different colleague made us all laugh when just before setting off on a long drive to some training she asked us absentmindedly if we'd all 'had a last wee and remembered to wash your hands?'

MagratOfStolat · 15/03/2013 14:32

This thread is killing me some people are hilarious! NotWilliamBoyd - I would have CRIED laughing if she'd said that to me, but I would have known where she was coming from.

Well at least I'm normal...ish!

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Squinkie · 15/03/2013 14:40

Yes entirely normal.
I did once say my PIN number out loud to small child as I typed it into machine in a shop. Oops! Cashier girl looked at me like I was mad.

NotWilliamBoyd · 15/03/2013 14:59

Magrat - well indeed i think we all understood why she said it! A male colleague - also a parent - laughed at what she said and replied that he had been for his last wee already and yes, he had remembered to put the seat donw........

NotWilliamBoyd · 15/03/2013 14:59

Down!!! Sorry.

mrsjay · 15/03/2013 16:43

I have no little children anymore so I bore talk to the dog all day long, never answers me though

KatyPeril · 15/03/2013 16:46

My daughter is at school all day and I still babble away to myself.

mum47 · 15/03/2013 16:50

I once said along the lines of "Byedarlinghaveanicedaydon'tworktoohard" to the postie, so used am I to such chuntering when waving the dcs off to school. Her fled looking suitably alarmed.

Anyways OP, you must clearly rise to the challenge and "never stop talking"

StepAwayFromTheEcclesCakes · 15/03/2013 17:17

I did the 'oooh look at the cows' when on a train... on my own and once said 'love you' to my boss when he rang off after a call.

paperclips · 15/03/2013 20:47

I once called my boss "mum"

ClippedPhoenix · 15/03/2013 20:59

I did this constantly too OP.

I also took him with me to every room if I was going to be in there for more than 5 mins, yep, that included the bathroom due to not wanting him to feel lonely

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TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 15/03/2013 21:07

I talk to my 1 yo and my dog! DD grins and babbles back. In fact, I often parrot her noises back at her - she says "a-wah?" and I say "a-wah" back. The other day a colleague called my name and I turned round and asked "a-wah?" The shame!

discrete · 15/03/2013 21:16

This thread has given me the best laugh all day, particularly the colleague asking whether everyone had weed!

I do do this with the dc, have done since they were born, and so does dh...but each of us only notices when the other does it! I think it's a fairly instinctive thing, as someone said it's how they learn to talk, but it's also fairly normal to not notice you are doing it.

Didactylos · 15/03/2013 21:36

I once gave a colleague a lift home from the night shift
and we were chatting like normal humans
until in my slightly sleepless state I noticed something and turned into full on toddler mode, enunciating clearly
'oooh, look, its a FIRE ENGINE, baa-bu baa-bu baa-bu'
My co worker is in his 30s and has no children

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