Toddler is a parrot - HELP!

[bellbottom]

OK, my brain is set to boiling point after the day I've had, and having tried to cope with DD being a parrot for about a year I now realise I'm out of my depth and not coping with it all.

She will repeat a question or a phrase a hundred times, even if I provide a response and it literally sends me insane. Sometimes I think i'll jump out the window. I've always aknowledged her speech from an early age, mirroring what she tells me etc, and at 2.5 her speech is amazingly advanced, which is great. But how to deal with this? In the past I would answer her and then use diversion tactics, but that no longer works. I decided to answer her only once and then ignore, but it doesn't seem to get any better.

Any tips from those in the same boat as me? Just put her to bed and I'm wiped out!!!

Thanks :-(

This phase as I remember didsn't last us very long.

I used to sing a song when my DD was parroting and she sang along also - quite nicely as it turned out.

I used to also say "I love my Mummy" just to hear her say it and then I would say "I am a monster" etc just to get her to laugh as she repeated it after me!!!

If all else fails get a playdate going. Sometimes a diluter in the mix is just what's needed.

This phase as I remember didn't last us very long.

I used to sing a song when my DD was parroting and she sang along also - quite nicely as it turned out.

I used to also say "I love my Mummy" just to hear her say it and then I would say "I am a monster" etc just to get her to laugh as she repeated it after me!!!

If all else fails get a playdate going. Sometimes a diluter in the mix is just what's needed.

Geddit?

We have this also. Ds is also very advanced verbally and so is always talking and asking questions. I would say it is no exageration to say that he askes 'Why?' a thousand times a day. Before that it was 'What did you say?' even though he has heard it. He would just keep repeating it over and over no matter how many times you answer. After answering a question a few times I try diversion. He particularly enjoys listening to me tell stories and at this stage (3) he can now sit down by himself and tell stories using what he has heard and mixing it with more made-up things. I also take him out for a couple of hours a day. If I'm exhausted I put on a cd (mumford and sons is a favourite at the moment).