The world champion chatterbox?

[colette]

I know compared to two year old tantrums or food fights this sounds trivial but here goes. My dd is 4yrs 9 mnths and talks constantly, she always has.
I am now finding it more of a problem because
a)Sometimes I am so sleep deprived (due to 10wk old ds) that I am less tolerant and I do feel guilty about this.
b)I have had quite a few comments from other people not critical , but all saying the same thing - that she talks all the time .
c)She constantly interrupts when anyone is talking, sometimes speaking louder to talk over their voice.
I have watched her playing in the park and even if there is a group of 5 or so children it is only her voice that can be heard.
I have tried to make a game of being quiet just for a moment but it wasn't very successful.
On a more selfish note it means I am often interrupted on the phone and cannot watch tv or listen to the radio whilst she is awake. Not that at her age do I expect her to be totally quiet if I am doing any of these things and I don't want her to feel ignored. She is a loving and bright child but I feel she is old enough to learn to take turns(or at least try) but I have not been very successful in changing her behaviour. Any advice or similar experiences ??

Ha, this sounds exactly like my daughter - 4yrs. I too thought it was a girl thing, but my son 2.5yrs is just the same! the worst time id in the car when I am trying to concentrate, or if DH and I are trying to have an adult convo and either / both do the "what are you talking about?.." Both are also quite impatient.
I am trying to teach her / them not to interrupt adults - any idea?

Very reassuring to read about all these chatterboxes. My ds (4) started talking at about 13 mths old and has yet to stop! The only times he rests his mouth is when he's watching a video (even then he likes to commentate on it) and when he's listening to a story (when he repeats the last word of every sentence). He has just started school so I'll be interested to know if his teacher can shut him up. Also, he likes to explain things at great length. Even if you understand what he's saying before he finishes, he still has to finish what he wants to say. Sometimes when I'm driving I have to be quite brutal and insist on 30 seconds' peace so that my head doesn't explode. Is there a hormone that controls the rate of words coming out of a child??????? Maybe he hasn't got it!

XAusted, we often play the "Next one to speak is a mashed potato" game during car journeys. I won last time when both DS1 and 2 fell asleep. Bliss.

Oh no! I was hoping the non stop 'chatting' would improve with age. My DD is only 17 months old but never stops. At the moment it is only words with lotsof babbling nonsense between them (but enough words for sense to be made). She is just starting to try and put words together. If this thread is anything to go by, my life is going to be a nightmare very soon

DD started non stop 'chatting' srom the day she found her voice, very early on. From that minute she never stopped and she is quite loud too. Her little 'boy' friend who is a bit older seems so so quiet compared to her!

Going shopping tomorrow now to buy lots of coton wool, and some loud CDs for drowning out later on!!

This is such a funny thred and I am loving hearing that children seem to be all the same in respect of talking.

Was in nightmare situation on Saturady of being trapped in car with 2 of them, both 3 and they were argueing over who was their mummy.

DD - Mummy are you my mummy.
Me - Yes sweetheart of course I am.
DD - You're not my mummy
AJ - No honey I am not your mummy
Harry - You are my mummy mummy aren't you
AJ - Yes Honey course I am your mummy.
DD - Aunie J, you're not my mummy are you.
AJ - No Honey Mummy is your mummy
Harry - no, you're my mummy
Harry - Boe are you my mummy
Me - No darling, I am DDs mummy

And it went on and on and on and on.

We decided that turning the radio up was the best course of action but they just spoke louder.

Then Harry laughed at DD to which we had a fight about her not being funny.

Harry - Laugh
DD - I'm not funny Harry don't laugh at me
Harry - Laugh
DD - No Harry don't laugh at me - I am not funny
Harry - you are funny
DD - No I'm not, mummy tell HIM I am not funny.
Me - You are sometimes honey
DD - well I'm not funny now
Harry - Laugh

Seems sil.ly now but we were trying not to laugh at her which was just making her more and more upset and yet we had to try and convince her that she was not funny.

Oh well s'pose you had to be there!!