Anyone else's toddler a 'talker'? Anyone else worn down by it?

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Ok, first off can I just say that I love my DD and am grateful that she is so eloquent and able to express herself.

DD is 2.5 and talks all the time, from the minute she wakes up till she goes to bed, and you can just tune out, she usually need a response or just keep repeating what she has said with more urgency. A trip down the stairs of out flat can take 5 minutes:

Mummy, is that your coat?
Yes darling, keep walking.
That's Mimi's bike.
Yes darling, that's Mimi's bike.
I've got my hat on.
Yes darling.
Mummy hasn't got her hat on.
No, mummy hasn't. Come on darling.
I've got my purse.
Yes darling.
Peppa Pig's on my purse.
Yes darling, now hurry up or we'll be late for nursery.
I like nursery. Max and Oscar at nursery.
Yes, Max and Oscar are at nursery.
Suzy's at nursery.
Yes Suzy's nursery.

And so on. The worst is the morning when all I want to do eat my cereal and listen to the news on the radio before going to work, without a running commentary on my bowl, my cereal, my boobies, do I like going to the toilet, are those daddy's knickers I am putting on (no they are just big!).

I'm just feeling worn down as DD is still up at the moment, was in her room for about an hour then decided she didn't want to go to sleep. DH and I were happily listening to a talking book, but decided to let her up for an hour (she doesn't do this very often, but experience tells us that it is easier to let her up for an hour than sob then take ages to calm down).

Is anyone else's toddler like this? She is very eloquent for her age from what I can tell and I only ask if other people's toddlers are like this as it's not something that other people complain about so I was wondering if I am being a complete grumpy arse over this or if other people have the same incessant chatter which wears them down.

I love her and she is funny and lively but I just need some head space, some silence...

My DD will be 3 in March and she is just the same. Non stop chatting/singing/questions/instructions all day long.

She voices Every. Single. Thought.

I do get fed up of it. I fight the urge to says Yes dear you are fabulous but just SHUT UP FOR 10 MINUTES WILL YOU.

First thing - Mummy, mummy, I awake! DD's awake! MUMMY I AM SHOUTING YOU!
Is DS awake ? Yes, I having cereal, you having cereal, DS having a banana isn't he? DS have cereal too? etc etc ad bloody infinitum.

But she does come out with some crackers amongst all the droning. Like - I need sandwiches, I hungry like a caterpillar!

On the school run each morning, I have to allocate talk time to my DDs, otherwise they both twitter on incessantly.

Remember it's our own fault. We spend the first year desparate for them to speak, then lo and behold they don't shut the fuck up.

And mine are a lot older, but it's still inane drivel, they repeat verbatim whole episodes of Spongebob and The Simpsons.

Thanks for the replies. I know she gets it from me - I'm a talker, but I also like quiet time too. It was just worse tonight as she went to bed late so I don't feel I have had much time to myself.

Glad it is not just me. She is very funny though. She tried to tell me she had a wobbly tooth for a while (she is 2.4). I blame Charlie and Lola but TV is the only thing that keeps her quiet!

ds is like this, he is almost 3. He talks and asks questions NON stop and even talks in his sleep, it does occasionally drive me demented but mostly I love it. WOrst thing is that you have to repeat back to him what he's said, that is annoying, so...

DS: I went to see Santa Claus at garden centre and he gave me present today
Me: I know what fun
DS: I went to see Santa Claus at garden centre and he gave me present today (looking at me like I am a total eejit)
Me: Yes you went to see Santa, I know, I was there.
DS: AT THE GARDEN CENTRE AND HE GAVE ME A PRESENT
Me: You went to see Santa Claus at the garden centre and he gave you a present, I know
DS: Yes mummy, silly mummy

oh god yes we also get the 'look at me mummy' worse still we get 'hello lady...balah balah blither blither' and 'look at me man.....' poor people on the street/in tesco's/on the bus/in coffee shops...... Most of the time I find it reassuring to know he is so confident and social but just occaionaly the incescent questions/yack wear me out!

Dd1 used to be like that, and more annoyingly she was also a why'er.

It's bedtime
Why?
Because it's past eight and it's dark
Why?
Because all the other hours in the day have gone and now it's past eight, which is bedtime
Why?
Because little children go to bed after eight
Why?
They need lots of sleep
Why?
To help them grow big and strong
Why?

What did you say mummy?
Nothing, Good night.
But what did you say? What did you say? Muuuummmmy, what did you saaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy?

Luckily t'was a phase and it passed. I was helped through it with copious amounts of white wine.

DD2 is starting now

Sadly the sibling thing doesn't always work, they just both want to talk to you at the same time

I have two of these. One aged 4 1/2 and the other 21 months. There are days when it drives me mad. It is especailly bad when they are both together as they talk all the time (but not in a conversational way!!!)

I often wish for one of the those children who sits in the buggy and says nothing at all. Neither of my children have been like this EVER!

I love them to bits but there are times when I just want to shout 'QUIET PLEASE!!!!!!!'.

I have been told it is a sign of intelligence etc etc but that does not make it any less irritating.

Most days I am happy with it and it is very enjoyable. There are other days (like today) when I want to sit and be in silence. No such luck....

solos.... the constant yak in the car is now sort of solved (it doesn't always work) by "important driving". So I have taught ds that when mummy is doing 'important driving' (ie reversing into a small spot/navigating) he has to be quiet/stop asking question/giving me a running commentary (which always requires me to repeat back what he has just said) .....

ahahahahahahahhaahhaaaaa! (more manic laughing). DS is 5.5 years old and never shuts up. He talks in his sleep, and in the bath/pool under water. We get a running commentary for everything he is doing and constant questions (to the point where I have to look things up), how the hell do I know who discovered sound waves?

I have mostly lovely parent/teacher conversations with the exception of how he talks all the time.

Sobs quietly in corner...

waitingforbedtime - I just spat tea over my keyboard - I have conversations with ds (2.6) EVERY DAY. Especially the yes mummy, silly mummy sign off

He is a complete blether and talks from the moment he wakes until his eyes close at night

Love it tho!

DS1 was like this and DS3 is like this. DS2 was slow to talk and is still a little behind his peers at 4.5, but he can go on as well.

At one time, I worried so much over DS2's speech that I thought once DS3 starts developing appropriately, I would love all the conversations we would have.... I am ashamed to say that this is not the case and I have told him to 'be quiet for a minute' on a number of occassions

So happy to read this thread! DS1 (just 3) is obsessed with buses, and any trip out the front door (or just looking out the window) entails a running commentary on which buses are passing and where they are going. Since we live in a village, and only have a couple of different number bus routes, this has become rather repetitive...

Going back a few months ago ds would just repeat himself so much it was driving me crazy and I started to wonder if it was a sign of some underlying verbal processing condition or something. "It's a car, it's a red car, it's red, the car is red, this is a red car, I have a car, a red car, it's red......" Even my older kids thought it was hilarious. He's toned it down a bit now.

Lol! hettie, yesterday, I had the same old thing in the car and I kept telling her that I couldn't look because I was driving. She stops talking for several minutes! I say 'you ok darling?' she starts again!!! I should've just enjoyed the peace and quiet!!!

I look after my 18month old GSon every day while his lovely Mum goes to work....'Andma, Andma, Andma!!!!' 'What Lew?' 'Andma He is great fun but I am always glad when his Daddy comes to pick him up

He sounds like this!

DS is 2.8 and is very much like that! constant chatter about utter nonsense, some of it is interesting but a lot of it is repeated and it can get a bit wearing after a while.

By night time, I'm totally emotionally drained from it all. Glad to know there are others out there that have to endure this too!!

Just make sure you direct the chatter into something useful and positive once they get older.

My mother twitters on all bloody day and it is never about anything worthwhile - just an endless stream of negative inconsequential pseudo-clever draining dribble (she is terribly academic and sophisticated in the most annoying possible way - and I say that being an academic). Drives me up the bloody wall. She is 65 and still has not shut up since she first learned to talk.... vaccinated with a gramophone needle, as her mother used to say with head in hands (and I still say when i get off the phone)...

My DS does not stop talking from the moment he wakes up and I frequently wish he had an off button. But I decided that it was quite a good thing the other day when I was swearing quietly under my breath while putting up a shelf and he stood behind me saying 'you can do it mummy' 'you're a winner mummy'. And I don't care that he got it off the telly, he has faith in me (misguided - shelf is still not finished )

Ha ha - this really made me laugh as my daughter is just the same and has been since she could talk. She is 4.5 now and is still the same and if she isn't talking she is singing and if she isn't singing shes talking to her toys/dolls etc. I love it most of the time but some days when she goes to bed its like ahhhhhhhhh bliss!!!!!