Running commentary

[SmugColditz]

My five year old gives a running commentary on every single miniscule event that happens in his life. Or whatever is happening on the telly.

This is usually sparked by a question, which he then proceeds to ask continuously without giving me chance to answer, before he answers it himself, and goes off on a tangent etc.

so ie

"Does milkshake go mouldy? Does it go mouly? Does dry milkshake go mouldy? Is bread dry? does bread go mouldy? What does damp mean? No it doesn't it means dark. Can I tell you what damp means? It means dark. Bread isn't dark, so bread isn't damp. No, it doesn't mean a bit wet, it means dark. MakkaPakka wants to just clean the ninkynonk and not get in it. I am bored of nigh garden now. Can I have a drink? Can it be squash? Can it be milkshake? Is the milkshake mouldy? ......."

There are no paragraphs, and there isn't time, IRL, to answer the questions without him talking over the top.

I haven't come across other children doing this.

Could this be in any way related to the fact that he had a speech delay and didn't string a sentence until he was three? Could it be that his conversation style has been learned from me and my stream-of-consciousness babbling (in an attempt to build and encourage his vocabulary) and his monosyllabic-by-necessity responses 2 years ago?

Please, it's got to the point where my best buy this week has been a 75p pair of Army surplus ear protectors.....

he still hasn't stopped. And I do give him very frequent, very concentrated bursts of attention.

Roll on the years when he only gives yo a monosylabic grunt

yes you have a bloody good point, I should stop moaning and simply drape teatowels over my shoulders to mop up the blood from my ears

I've given him his 'workbook' and he's stopped talking for a few minutes.

Poor child is probably bored, we've only been to the shops.

i get something similar but not quite so bad from dd who is 2.5.

lol @ teatowels to soak up blood from ears, i feel like that sometimes too.

tbh, he probably is a bit bored. dd is worse when we're just pottering and not doing much.

actually i don't think she's worse I just think I can tolerate it more when we're doing something interesting and I can respond with enthusiasm!

have you tried having a chat with him about conversation being a bit like taking turns when playing so that when he speaks it's then your turn to answer/speak?

DD does this, a lot.
It's so flipping annoying, but I think it's also great she has such a thirst for knowledge, and sharing it.

The other night we put DS1 to bed and she was reading so she didn't go up, I came on here, DP put the ps3 on and we were just trying to chill out.

Cue a VERY bored DD, she was going to and fro between us talking utter tripe and it was interesting to note that DP isn't as good at nodding, saying 'yes' 'hmm' ;cool' in the right places so he got bugged more

hijack VS my house hunting in Bicester continues, hoping to find somewhere very soon.

Great, any ideas as to whereabouts?

Smug - do you talk a lot? My mum does a running commentary and I did for years. I finally learned to shut up a but in time for DCs to fill the void.

Bure Park is my favourite area. Am really hoping to hear that my place has sold this week. Have had an "almost" offer for the last 4 weeks!

dd1 talks constantly. She occasionally pauses for breath but so rarely, you wonder how she manages to stay alive and conscious.

ds does a kind of running commentary of what he is doing... "I'ma playing with my toys, I'ma gonna put this truck there I'ma gonna poke you in the eye, I'ma gonna put this bob the builder toy down your trousers"... you get the gist.

dd2 on the other hand talks when she feels the need - she's not quiet, she just doesn't spend every single waking moment chattering.

So I don't know if it something that I do or not.

Great innit?

sorry, that was a completely useless post from me.

We are looking to move to Bure Park in the next year, it's close enough to Southwold (Good primary school btw) but the houses are nicer builds iyswim.

Um

Actually, it has been said that I talk a lot. But it was said by monosyllabic exp.

Oh, and the relate counceller.

And my ex work colleagues.

And my friends.

Ds2 yaps constantly as well, in an even louder voice, making even less sense.

I think you talk a lot, Colditz.
I know this because, like me, you post a lot, this is because you like to talk.

I consider every word I type to be like talking, just through my fingers.

yeah I do know what you mean. I've looked at so many houses in the last month it's unreal!

I looked at quite a few on Southwold but nothing really worked for me.

Resisted looking at BP tbh as really didn't think I could afford anything there but the drop in prices is really working my favour now.

The nursery also loads the dice as I could drop dd there then carry on to station etc.

Would be great to have a coffee sometime?

oops! SmugColditz sorry for hijack

same, I talk a lot and type in the same way that I talk.

somone at a playground today commented that dd was very eloquent. after she sat down next to him and told him all about getting FiFi knickers if she does her poo and wee on the toilet!

pmsl

mind you, FiFi knickers must be a mahoosive incentive as we have now had 2 consecutive days of toilet activity!

Their dad has arrived and taken them out for an hour.

have noticed that actually, I am a gap filler.

I hum, tap, sing, talk to myself or anyone around etc

It's small wonder my children never shut up!

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Yeah sure PC.