To think all the incredibly talkative chidlren should be rehomed in groups?

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Honestly it's just so exhausting, I'm convinced dc 4 would be much happier living with a zillion other over talkative children...

So send her to live in some sort of commune with adults who love children that do.not.stop.talking.at.all.ever?

There is a counter tactic. Perfect a rapidfire return jabber. Worked on my DD, regular, and works on DP's DD2 who, as far as I can tell, actually sucks oxygen in through her ears and bumhole so she doesn't have to inhale to talk. UNTIL THE DAY SHE MET A GROWNUP WHO COULD TALK FASTER AND LONGER THAN SHE COULD. Yeah, kid, my lungs are nearly as big as you are. And I'm trained. You can't even come close.

Takes a bit of practise to disable your brain/mouth torque limiter, but once you get up a good head of steam you can stun them into an hour or two's silence with a couple of minutes of light jabber.

oh elfycat sounds like we need to get the chatterbox ladies together again
my dd has started at 6 this morning, she has been to work with me and talked through an hour long walk in front of 30 total strangers (lets not forget the hour in the car of constant demands for answers) then the hour in the car to swimming, an hour swimming (three, 3! people asked if she was always so talkative) then shopping - the sales assistant asked her what her name was, she spelt it and then wrote it down in case she hadn't got it! then gave her life story and that of her friends....! she also went round the shop finding me things with a constant litany of why they would be good and where I could wear them! She's 4 ffs!
Nursery say they're going to miss her... well enjoy the peace and quiet ladies!

yes please, sign one up for the island of chatter, please, I only have 7.5 hours or thereabouts until it starts again!

I have a candidate. She's 3 and not only does she talk constantly and ask endless questions, she like to narrate her life in the form of song. She sings everything. Just an endless stream of consciousness in a song.

Like today she was played with a measuring tape, here is her song about it (imagine it being sung by 3 yr old at TOP VOLUME) -

Oh it's got all the numbers
And it really measures stuff
It really measures stuff
It's got all the numbers

here she pauses to pin down the poor cat to 'measure' her

How big is the cat?
She is 9 o clock
The cat is 9 clocks longs
Its got all the numbers
It really measures stuff

It's catchy right? Do you think they'll take her?

Me too...my 4 yr old DS never stops!

We went on a train journey recently and he told me it would be great because I didn't need him to be quiet because I wasn't concentrating on driving. This meant he could talk the whole time apparently! DH nearly wet himself laughing at me when DS announced this.

I think what we really need is a support group for affected parents. I never used to see the appeal of the Sandals holidays, but now stare wistfully into Thomas Cook's window...

I am now going to measure everything in clocks.

That is BRILLIANT.

My 9 year old has mastered cyclical breathing. She doesn't even need to pause to draw breath in her rumblings.

She's also very sweet and spends some of each day being a dog called stanley. Stanley doesn't talk so much but needs lots of attention.

I'm not so sure putting them all in one room is a good idea...

Some of these posts have made me LOL! DS never shuts up, but with the added bonus of "mu..u...um" ... waits for me to say "ye-e-essss..?" every single time... >>knocks head on wall

oh the singing.... gaaaaaaaaaaaaaajjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnn

I have Ds1 that I can donated to the cause.
He's 5 and today spend 45 minutes jabbering on about stampy whilst I tried not to chew my own ears off! I curse the day DH downloaded minecraft. And if it's not minecraft its bloody lego

I work with someone who is like this. I have seen people interrupt her and say they need to go, and even as they are walking away and in another room, she is still talking to them. She loves kids, so she can look after all of them.

My DD can't talk. You can all borrow her for a while in turn

I have one who constantly organises others, not exactly bossy but just organising.

I will also give you the one who sings various songs from musicals, we had constant les mis (word perfect for Master of the House inc rude words) till he saw frozen. Now its varying between 'do you want to build a snowman and let it go. Is interspersed with a version of 'do you want to hide a body'

Middle one ill keep as she may get a word in then

Save me a pace for dd2 PLEEEEEAAAAAASSSSSEEEEE.

Or maybe all the folk in the world who are lonely, could offer respite care for us? In turn, when they return them to us, their usual peace and quiet would seem heavenly, so it's a win-win situation.

Oh fuck yes, it is an endless stream of fucking randomness-please someone make it stop...

Shit harriet I nearly choked on my gin laughing at your post!!

I have 2 to add to the list.

6yo alternates between the "how come" questions (usually when I'm trying to negotiate a tricky junction and invariably about evolution or tides or earthquakes), general rambling, utter nonsense and singing (usually that godforsaken "let it go" that I actually liked at the beginning).

2yo is catching on swiftly, particularly at general ramblings which continue even while she is asleep. She also quite enjoys setting up 6yo by whispering "sing Frozen".

I'm an introvert. I like silence. I would pay millions to the first person to invent a mute button for my (otherwise pretty adorable) children.

I'm back at work part time from today. It is bliss. Especially as I haven't been set up on the computer system yet, so I'm just sitting at my desk reading papers in silence. Bliss I tell you.

My dd started talking like a grown up at 12 months. It almost put me off having another one.

Ds wisely kept stchum until he was 2. But even then he barely survived....

'Mummy! Mummy! Mummy! Mummy!'
'What, sweetie?'
'Mummy! I want to tell you something!'
'What do you want to tell me?'
'Mummy! Mummy! Mummy! Mummy! I want to tell you something!'
'What is it?'
'Mummy! Mummy! Mummy! Mummy!'

Etc etc etc. the child is actually quite clever, she just had attacks of talking without engaging brain.

Another one with a baffling array of imaginary friends, toys (including ones that don't appear to have any character at all - her scooter, pencils, spoons) and other such things that have complex stories that I apparently should know.

Poor dd1 is sensible and quiet (unusually so, she's really shy) and gets the full brunt of it when they are playing. I get it at stupid I clock in the morning next to my head though, and when dd1 is at school, and when I rescue dd1...

She's a lovely lovely girl, just very... full on.

'Mummy! What is 4+2+8+3+20?'
'Errr... 37?'
'WELL DONE! You got it right ! What is 5+7+4+3+5?'

There is no way she knows the answers. It's like a bloody maths class.

Dd- my freakish talker, did an interview on local TV about the new swimming pool before she could walk. It was very odd.

I've got one to add into the mix... Although we bought him an ipod nano for his birthday and loaded it with some comedy series to listen to (that he likes) and when he has it with him it can be blissfully quiet!!!

You can have my dd(6) - she's utterly gorgeous, but can never have a moment of silence, or any time at all where other people are holding a conversation.

We go from endless chattering, to singing, to just noise - really anything verbal at all. She has to be making noise, like, all the time.

I had 2 strong-but-silent type boys before I had her. Exhausting.

What a fantastic idea

Ds does not stop from the moment he wakes up. Star wars, Lego and football all day long questions questions and if I do not know the answer he wants me to look it up

His friends are the same they all talk at the same time there is no conversation

He caught me mumbling please please shut up I told him I was talking to the cat and he just carried wittering on

Oh yes Sabrina it's the constant noise. I don't think she even realises she's doing it sometimes. You say "DD, please be quiet", she says "ok"... and then just keeps doing it and looks really puzzled when you repeat yourself again and again and again