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AIBU?

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to want my 4 yo to stop talking for two minutes?

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yummycrumpet · 07/04/2010 16:25

ARGH! He's driving me insane, he constantly talks from the second he wakes up to the second he goes to sleep- even a stranger at my local shops commented on it, t really is that bad now!!!

I'm sure I'm not being unreasonable but he really is driving me to distraction.

Any suggestions would be gratefully recieved, other than sitting him in front of the telly with cellotape around his mouth and a stiff drink (for me obviously)I have run out of ideas.

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AmeliaEarhart · 07/04/2010 20:13

"What would happen if you had 65 toes?"

Oh, this thread is hilarious! I'm shaking with laughter! I can't offer any advice as I'm only pregnant with my first, but I wanted to thank you all for cheering me up after a whole day of icky 'morning' sickness. I probably won't find the subject so funny in about 3 years time, will I?

princessloulou · 07/04/2010 20:13

i am now wondering what would happen if i had 65 toes hahahahaha

my dd is 3.8 and talks all day AT me. my ds is 5 and fills the spaces in between his sister talking by asking constant questions.

and is it just me that gets followed everywhere i go in the house? if they cant see me they have to find me immediately to ask me something or tell me something

i agree a stiff drink always helps hehehe

Debs75 · 07/04/2010 20:13

Our dd1 was/is a non-stop talker. To help us from going mad her dad introduced the no-talking for 5 min rule. We made it a game and she could have something as a reward. The great thing was she would try so hard that sometimes she was quiet for upto 30 mins. Unfortunately she was about 6 when we tried this so you might have to wait a while, and she is 14 and still talks non-stop. we also noticed you don't always have to answer back as she was quite capable of answering herself.

Don't be too hard on him we have an 11 year old ds who has never talked and thst is a lot harder to cope with.

kirstyleicester · 07/04/2010 20:14

pop him on the phone to grandma or other obliging relative then leave the room!!

nellie12 · 07/04/2010 20:18

ds2 who is 4 does constant chattering.
I dont think he could be quiet to save his life. He even talks in his sleep.

Me to dc "lets have a game to see who can be quiet the longest"

1 second later..

Ds2 "I'm being quiet aren't I Mummy? I'm winning aren't I?"

Arggh!

midnightexpress · 07/04/2010 20:23

ds1 is 4 and also taks non-stop, especially in the car, while ds2 (3) stares moodily out of the window, mostly.

We went through the 'why' phase some time ago, but now he mostly 'explains' how things are to me.

Actually, I recently did a very loooooong car journey from London to Scotland with them and just me and by about Gretna Green I was actually relieved to have ds1 there. I was insanely bored, ds2 was yelling for a wee and DS1 decided that it would be a good idea for us to sing our way home, ie (any old made up tune) 'Here comes a great big lorry, and there is a great big tree. Oh look here comes a train, a-speeding down the track'. etc etc etc. We did a good 30 miles like that and it did in fact keep me awake and reasonably chipper. Bless im.

mumbar · 07/04/2010 20:23

Ha my DS 5 exactly the same and yes I have told him to stop talking and NO it doesn't always work and no YANBU!!!

In supermarket yesterday and he was just talking not actually asking anything and I'm not sure directed at anyone. Problem is he gets more and more animated and forgets to stop and think about what he's saying!! As we passed a woman on a motorised scootor he said ' and heres a lady in a wheelchair as she has problems walking!!' Just an observation (I work with children many of whom are in wheelchairs so he just knows why) but I reprmanded him then and told him to be quiet before he said something that upset someone. Must admit to bribing him with sweets if he managed not to talk for 5 minutes but he did it!!!

Then we got outside........!

MintHumbug · 07/04/2010 22:21

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yummycrumpet · 07/04/2010 22:26

DS has recently developed a stammer where he forgets what he is talking about mid-sentance because even his brain has realised he is talking complete bollocks and resets itself! He'll repeat the last few words over and over trying to remember what he was talking about then realise he doesnt remember so starts talking about a completely unrelated topic!

I think mumsnet needs to design a despair emoticon

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feedthegoat · 07/04/2010 22:30

I know exactly what you mean. It was so frustrating tonight watching ds at his swimming lesson. He has really come on in the last few weeks but this week couldn't swim as he had to keep stopping to talk all the time.

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