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Verbal Diarrhoea

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Dior · 03/04/2005 22:35

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sorrel · 04/04/2005 11:25

I have a dd chatterbox as well, but take heart dior , it does get better. When she was 5, 6 , 7 the chatter never stopped. i used to say to her that she did'nt have to say anything that was in her head( it was like the verbal equivalent of watching the cogs go round), but could just THINK it and that was OK. Gradually with going to school where she had to shut up and listen, over the years it has improved. Dear help the teachers who had to listen to 28 of them going on and on.
I remember in the car wanting to stop and throw her out as i thought my head was going to explode.It's was like my own thoughts were being sucked out and replaced by the constant babble. i am sure MI5 must have a use for the nations 5 yr olds in interrogation techniques. i know i'd break very quickly...

Pinotmum · 04/04/2005 11:28

That sounds like my MIL!! The thing I worry about is is it hereditary because my MIL NEVER shuts up ever and I find myself getting giddy. WHen she rings up it's like a new bulletin. I say Hello and goodbye. I don't want my dd to be like this so it's nice to know is quite NORMAL (at this age)

sorrel · 04/04/2005 11:37

Gawd help us if it is hereditary.LOL about MIl pinot! I do the same on the phone!!!, but intesperse with yes I know , I know, uhhuh, oh I see....etc. Find it heps if i am typing something on Mumsnet at the same time.!

Pinotmum · 04/04/2005 11:38

colette · 04/04/2005 11:47

My dd is exactly like this too , no quality control going on in her brain just quantity control
Some days it is hard to even think ,dh is pretty unsympathetic and says I talk a lot as well. I have tried putting a personal radio on whilst I do house work but she got round that by coming up and speaking loudly a few feet in front of my face! She has improved slightly since starting school.
Dior if you can get a small break when someone else looks after him it would help - I know that is harder than it sounds but well worth it.

sorrel · 04/04/2005 12:09

Collette, i sympathise. I really do.The only thing i would say about dd now 10 is that she is just brilliant at storytelling and can write a good yarn anytime- so something good has come of it. She is also good at reading and has a better vocabulary than most of her mates.Definitely has got an interest in words, and best of all doesn't do shy cringing when spoken to by sdults

swedishmum · 04/04/2005 12:22

My ds who is 8 talks all the time but has a great vocabulary. He is dyslexic so I am very proud of his verbal skills. With 4 children at home all the time at the moment it's like someone constantly banging you on the head. And in our current situation we have no babysitter out here so do everything together. I just long to lock myself in a padded cell sometimes..

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Dior · 04/04/2005 20:39

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Earlybird · 06/04/2005 22:59

I was out all day yesterday and went on to the cinema last night, so didn't put dd to bed for the first time since before Christmas. She appeared in my bedroom at about 2AM (perhaps wanted to check that I had come home?), and wanted to talk. She proceeded to fill me in on the details of her day at great length, including what she ate for lunch and supper. I indulged her because I'd missed her...but 2AM! She finally ran out of steam, and went back to sleep, thank God! It's not often you get a monologue from a 4 year old in the middle of the night!

suzywong · 07/04/2005 00:42

my mother is like that and she's 74

sparklymieow · 07/04/2005 00:48

The Head at my DS' school said to me once "you can tell how bright a child is, by their vocabulary!!" Ds is in the gifted group for maths, on top level for reading, he is 7, BUT he has Crebral Palsy, he didn't talk till he was nearly 4, his speech was delayed by over a year up until last year when he finally caught up, so for the Head to say that to me, made me so proud!! Even if he doesn't shut up now!!

Marina · 07/04/2005 09:23

Suzywong, so is mine (76 and full-time member of the Elderly Lady Bonkers Squad). I'm a great talker too ... I wonder where ds gets it from? Ours never pipes down and now he can read you can hear him declaiming Beano stories to himself at 120Db from down the street.
Awen's post about the journey from Hell with Donkey made me laugh, we had similar on the way to Devon last year. When I turned round to insist he gave it a rest I saw baby dd had raided the shopping jammed in next to her seat and had a raw egg in each hand and a nasty smirk...I aged 20 years in 4 hours.

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