Anyone else have a three year old who won't stop talking?

[morethanexhausted]

My DD, who's three and a half, is constantly talking to me, or whoever she's with. She can be quiet to watch TV for a while, or if she meets new people and is shy, but otherwise it's chat, chat, chat, from one topic to another, pretty much all the time. Is this normal? Is anyone else's young child like this? Will she calm down?!

it's normal, i am 5 yrs on from it, ie my dd is 8, and it has yet to stop!!!

Annoying isn't it. mine has talked since i can remember.

I came on to say I am also 5 years on from it. DS1 was like that aged 3 and is 8 now and is still the same!

My 3 yr old seems to be following suit. And mostly they talk abotu crap lol

My 4 year old never stops too. Even my 6 year old says 'please stop talking, I'm trying to think'

DD is 5 and doesn't come up for air.

Takes her ages to eat a meal because she can't stop talking long enough to eat.

Even when she's in bed and has no one to talk to she will chatter away to herself.

She wears me out!

DS age 9 still hasn't stopped.

He even talks and laughs in his sleep.

I always say teaching them to talk is easy.

shutting them up is the hard part.

just count yourself lucky you dont have twins who both do it..... my head spins never knowing who to answer first!

My neice has not stopped to draw breath since she learned to talk...she is twelve now Yap yap yap...... We all love her though!

Yes! DS is like this, and if the only response I can muster is "Mhmmm" he'll just keep pestering me until I stop what I'm doing and respond properly. We're working on not interrupting now but it's a slog. Mostly it's charming and sweet and lovely and I'm proud, but sometimes I just wish he'd SHUT UP! I feel terrible just typing that - but it's incessant.

Ah, 'stream of consciousness' children. I feel your pain. DD1 is 4.6 and the same. She even talks in her sleep.
DD2 is 2.11 and showing the same tendencies.

I get no sympathy from anyone as they take after me

Same as IIythia my DD was 3 in June and she takes after me doens't come up for air asks me 100 questions plus a day! drives me insance but better to be talkative and chatty that shy! Well thats what I keep telling myself! I'm looking forward to break when she starts pre-school in Sept 3 days a week!

pmsl at this thread - my DD1 (also 3) is exactly the same and DD2 (nearly 2) is heading in the same way - I guess your question of "is this normal" has been well and truly answered. Whether they will ever stop talking is another matter - maybe we'll have to wait until the teenage monosyllabic grunts start (and desperately try and remember then why it was that the constant chatter drove us mad) :o

My DD 3.5 started talking at 10 months and hasn't shut up since.Recently she has started making up songs that go on forever as well

Thank you thank you! Feel so much better now I know I'm not alone... Maybe I'll have a bit more patience tomorrow when DD wakes up and starts 'Mu-um, shall we/can I/do you/why...' etc. Tonight, when she was supposed to be going to sleep, it was 'Mu-um, do you know about the supermarkets? When I was born, they put the lid on the market and made it a supermarket. And when you were born as well. And when daddy was born. And when... etc'. ????!!!

Ilythia, thankyou, "stream of consiousness children"

Thats the phrase I was searching for as soon as I saw this thread. Was it you who previously coined the phrase on here? It suits my dd perfectly. 4 children and 1 just doesn't stop for a moment! She is at the point atm where she describes everything in the minutest detail.

Its not at all frustrating really :)

My twins talked constantly, largely to each other. I used to think of the like a babbling brook - a background noise which was not unpleasant, which I could tune in or out of.

Remember this when she gets to the teenage years and the only discussion in your direction is monosyllabic. On the other hand, better start saving now for the mobile phone bills to her friends