Does anyone have a dd age 7 who talks....

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....all the time?

Total inane nonsense and it's driving me round the twist [bublush]

Keep telling yourself its a sign of intelligence...that's what I do. My 8-year old likes to sing songs in the style of the chickens on The Muppets...ALL THE TIME!

vvviola I can't bear noise and commotion. I may be the reason boarding school was invented. I suspect I was sent dd1 (a chatterbox) and a mad bag of frogs (dd2) as a practical joke.

Yes I have a 7 yr old who never ever shuts up
In fact he makes weird noises as well when he's in bed
At the moment he starts every sentence with 'what if ...' then thinks if long complicated stories to which I'm expected to have an outcome for.

I live him to pieces but he's driving me insane

vvviola, I'm an extrovert and get twitchy if I go too long without conversation, it doesn't help either unfortunately! Conversation with DS doesn't seem to count, if it's of the constant running commentay type...

I have my very own Vicky Pollard! She's 16 and has been known to open the front door from school talking to me and not shut up until I've put food in front of her about an hour later!

She exhausts me! Actually, just now, she came down the stairs with a face pack on. Both DH and I looked at each other, then at her. I asked her if it was one of those that go hard. She said yes and DH and I both sighed and said, 'thank god for that. You'll have to stop talking!'

Yes, dd is 7 and chatters from waking to going to sleep! She talks in her sleep to, she has some bizarre conversations when sleeping in fact!

She has a great imagination, so when I am not reply when not really listening I have to be careful what I am agreeing to

hahahaaaaaaaa yes my DD almost 9 never shuts up. She talks all the time, asks questions and even talks in her sleep. It drives me round the twist.

I try very hard to allow her to chatter on about shite but sometimes I just have to ask her to go and read a book or draw a picture. She is quiet when she reads/draws/watches tv but the rest of the time she chitter chatters.

I suppose it is good that she does... apart from the times I need peace and quiet and I need her to STFU.

When I reply even!

My four year old does, I always call him a little chatterbox. I do switch off sometimes and say umm in response to things and he replies, "can you say yes mummy and not umm". He also interrupts when I am talking to DP, after school is the worst, he rushes out of school and doesn't stop talking all the way home. I find it quite sweet really.

This thread has made me feel normal laugh. i have dd whos 5.she wakes at 6.30 every morning and doesnt stop talking till she goes to bed and its usually talking for the sake of it.
Then theres ds1 whos 3,he only ever talks about food or batman. 'whats for tea?' and 'what would batman do?' are on a constant repeat in our house.
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thank you so much for this thread as I thought I was going round the bend with a non-stop child. Has always been the same and is always in constant motion and streams of concious, out loud thought.

The thought of chicken style singing has had me crying with laughter as has the travel.

I recently came home with my DD on a flight and after watching the seatbelt lights like a hawk so i could turn on the pc so she could watch cartoons and I could listen to my ipod and have a moments peace, but no, I got running commentary instead! timmy is going to nursery mummy, look he has a num-num mummy, num-num's are for babies aren't they mummy, i'm not a baby mummy am I, I'm nearly 3 now aren't I mummy, what's that handle for mummy, mummy,mummy.....ad infinitum

Yes it has cheered me up too. I was begining to think all the other perfect mummies either had really sensible conversations or took a proper interest in their childs chatter.

Glad to hear you are all rolling your eyes like me [bugrin]

And yes, mine never stops moving either. Jiggling up and down or waving a leg or sitting on her head on the couch. Whilst discussing the script of Scooby Doo.

Agree it is a relief to hear others in the same boat. DS age 7 talksALLTHETIME- quite egotistically - his own train of thought, but also demanding to be watched, played with etc. Also end up saying "just be quiet", ended up bribing him for 10 minutes of silence.

We are staying with my parents, bizarrely they seem to think it is some kind of failing in me that he talks so much! I think it will improve- after all- there aren't many adults who just tal talk talk... Are there?

I'm not sure MN is the best evidence Squeegle we all seem able to fill half of cyber space with babble meaningful insights into modern parenting [bugrin]

I love her dearly, but really, making up for being an only child by making enough noise for three kids is not necessary.

Ha, you've just described my child to a tee. Day 7 of the Easter holidays, my ears are bleeding and my brain can't focus on anything.

DD has been having speech therapy for the last 3yrs and didn't speak until she was 2.5yrs, so I should be grateful. But they say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and I have been known to talk....a lot [bublush]

My 3yo DD never ever stops. Even in her sleep. Most of the time I love it as she's so innocent and interested but sometimes it's a bit much. We got the whole Easter story today - she knew more than we could remember .

DD will also just keep on saying 'mummy... mummy...mummy.../ daddy... daddy... etc' until you acknowledge her, then she'll continue with her question/statement/whatever. I've asked her just to say what she's going to say regardless but I might as well talk to the wall!

A friend has a son who talks non stop. His scary strict teacher can't shut him up. The school have actually bought ear defenders for his classmates. I think you will probably just have to accept her as she is. Maybe a future as a DJ beckons.

Oh god, Maureen I did find myself doing a Vicky Pollard impression back at DD the other day - she does go on a bit, she was 'yeah, but'ing at me, and she does have a bit of a West Country accent ... I don't, which makes it all the more humorous and cruel.

I don't find the toddler chatter as annoying some how - as it's plain bonkers and the same stuff over and over.

The older child, however, seems to actually make sentences that may even make some sort of sense and half your brain really wants to tune and listen and comprehend - only to later discover you have spent 30 mins listening to a description of the precise route of a marble through the marble run and the possible effects of a small reroute on the 3rd level. The other half of your brain is screaming at you to run out of the house. It's odd.

Love it, yes I have a DD (now 10 yrs) who can talk the hind legs off a donkey, I mean when the mood takes her she does not pause for breath and you feel like you've just been flattened by a hurricane. We once drove all the way to Wales which took about 6 or 7 hours, she had chicken pox so you think she might be a bit tired? No, she didn't shut up the whole way there. Thank god my other DC is not a girl!

Yes I have a son, nearly 7, who talks alllll the time. I posted about this recently as I was up the wall with it. He's so sweet but it is non stop. Lately we've been having a word as he starts convo with strangers! That's when I got firm and not everyone wants kids telling them about their lolly, aside from the danger of it rrrrrrrrrrrrr!! good luck...

DS does. Even in his sleep!

Yes I have a 7 yo DD who talks non stop. I switch off most of the time because it's mostly utter nonsense.

It comes back and bites me in the bum though when she asks me a question and I automatically say 'yes dear' without even knowing what I am saying yes to, then later realising I have agreed to her doing something I would never normally agree to, and she knows it. Clever girl .