How much do you talk to your toddler?

[Bearbookagainandagain]

Went to the playground today with my 2yo and met another parent with a kid similar age that goes to the same nursery. I noticed that I was talking a lot more to my son than the other parent was, and generally more than all the other parents on the playground. Things like commenting on the birds flying or the toy they were playing with (the colour, shape, ...), or asking him what nose the animal-shaped slide was doing...

I think part of it is to help develop his language, he has learned a lot of vocabulary recently by repeating things. And also it's because I like interacting with him in general, and I don't want him to feel ignored.

But now I'm wondering if I'm not a bit over the top. Also, we saw one of my friends last summer for a few days and her 5yo was a nightmare, constantly interrupting us talking and wanting to be the center of attention. My friend would always stop our conversation to answer her daughter or comment on what she was doing.
I'm a bit concerned I'm heading this way because our son starts to repeat things over and over again until we acknowledge him. He literally won't stop until we say "yes X, there is a bird".

How much interaction is maybe too much? Should I hold on and stay quiet sometimes, for instance on the way to nursery, rather than comment on everything we see?

Agree. I thought it was quite simple. Talk to your child, not all the time, as clearly they need some time to just think and explore. Sounds like you're doing this.

Who knows what other people in the playground think - I want a new job/How do I get my child to sleep/why are pigeons so big these days??

I talked to my kids all the time:-) And now they can not stop talking-))

When I'm with DGS I basically keep a monologue going, about things we can see, what he's doing etc, including statements and questions.

Sadly, he has a speech delay, so he never responds to what I say, other than to shout random unrelated words, but I keep trying and hope that one day it will make a difference.

I think it's a parent personality thing too, I'm a quiet person in general and find it very hard to talk continuously. Especially as my son only has a few words at 21 months so we can't exactly have a conversation, I just cannot do a monologue all the time. I will comment on things he is doing sometimes/point out things of interest but I leave him to his own exploring more often than not