This is not an overexaggeration

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5yo ds
He talks really quickly
He interrupts people speaking until you adknowledge him even though he is told 300 times a day this is rude
He interrupts my every thought roughly once every 0.3 seconds
He wakes at 6 and does not stop for breath
He talks and talks and talks and talks and talks and it's all things that require responses and it feels like actual mental fucking torture
It sounds funny but I constantly feel like a bad parent because he gives me a migraine after 5 minutes and I snap for him to just calm down and let me think for a second or let anybody else have chance to speak

I love him to pieces but he has no chill. I don't think he has any additional needs he can focus on a toy or sit and read a book or watch a film it's just he has to ask something every 3 seconds while he does.

Help!

Can you get him to run around a bit more? He sounds super energetic and utterly exhausting for you Op.

I can do. It's difficult I have a 3 year old who has disabilities and can't walk much so maybe he doesn't get to run as much as he could we go at her pace.

He actually sounds really intelligent and possibly a bit bored so that's why he chats. All those conversations you are having are an investment in him and will be helping him to understand the world better. Sorry not to be able to help more- he sounds lovely and also really tiring. All I can think is for you to get a break sometimes by keeping him so occupied (with something he enjoys) that he has to concentrate and not speak. I don't know whether physical exercise or a tricky mental challenge would work better to give you a minute of peace.

I feel your pain op. I have an almost five year old (early October birthday) who almost never stops talking, he even talks in his sleep.

I've found that some of his conversations are genuinely with me/trying to engage with the world and some of it just basically a stream of thoughts.

I've found when he's doing the thought thing that saying something like 'ds I love you very much but sometimes we should keep our thoughts inside our brains unless you think it is very important'

This tends to stem the babble a bit without making him feel like he can't talk to me about stuff he is interested in /worried about etc

I absolutely adore his chats but I can listen to about 7 minutes without a breath and then it feels like somebody is performing a labotomy on me and I might scream

Did....Did I write this 3 years ago...? Are you me but in a tardis...??? Joking aside I feel some of your pain - in that I just have the one child. It's completely mentally exhausting. He's 8 now and not quite as bad, or is more aware that it makes people grumpy with him when he doesn't shut up. He is a bright wee chap and his brain is always on the go, so I think school helped- he's definitely worse in the holidays! I have also been known to induce iPad zombie state so I could get a breather. No more constructive advice I'm afraid, just a solidarity fist bump from the parent of another 'talker'.

@shockedballoon iPad zombie state
Ds has one but this year dd hasn't let him get near it and to be fair none of us argue with her as she is almost blind and puts it up close to her face watching colours.
Maybe I need to invest in another for a cup of tea

Omg my 6 yo DD can be like this.. she has oodles of energy and although being outside helps sometimes other times there are more questions 🙈. A bit of chill time with tv is sometimes needed, sounds awful - or a bath sometimes helps. Super inquiring mind just wears you out doesn’t it 🙉

My eldest is like this. Never. Stops. Talking. Poor youngest can't get a bloody word in edgeways.

I think he's just a bit bored and misses his mates from school.

DS1 was just like this at the same age! The hours he spent rambling on about Ben 10, the Solar System, and verbalising his every single thought... Even when no one was there, he'd just chat to himself non stop, I'd know when he woke up as he'd be rambling away to himself in bed!

Rest assured he did outgrow it eventually - he's gone for the Kevin The Teenager occasional grunting these days and I sort of miss knowing what goes on in his head. But hey, never mind - I now have DS2, age 6, who is exactly the bloody same! Some days it drives me absolutely demented, then I feel guilty for trying to shut him up as he's just bright, curious about everything and wants to share... I do enforce the not interrupting rule though as no one finds that endearing at all.

YouTube videos of marble runs and EvanTube, and Pokemon on Netflix & Prime have genuinely saved my sanity.
....And then destroyed it again when he describes all the above to me in Great Detail. He also got a Nintendo switch for his last bday so can easily disappear into Zelda Breath of The Wild for an hour. Honestly, I know it's not exactly the done thing on mn, but electronics and screentime are a fab tool for managing a talker. And yes i do still talk to him and often enjoy chats & we do all the other more "worthy' stuff too. He's an avid reader, draws, does Lego etc etc - however even reading he manages to talk whilst doing it reading out bits as he goes, laughing, commenting on characters/happenings in the book, he's just so bloody vocal. Electronics are the only things that shut him up!

My daughter used to ask questions one after the other with no time for me to reply, especially things that need a lengthy reply like 'how do cows make milk?' Its just their brain is really processing stuff quickly at that point and they're only verbalising what's going on in their head.

My son is like this. He is such good company, and so funny and articulate, but I sometimes crave silence. He even mutters to himself in his sleep sometimes.