Talk, Talk, Talk!!!!!!!

[Celtain]

My son just turned six today, and this has been an ongoing problem. He never stops talking, and I mean never. Where ever he is what ever he is doing he is talking. A lot of times he is talking to himself. He doesn't have ADD, he just never stops talking!!!!!!!!!!

Does anyone else have this problem??

[Shonahsmom]

I am totally laughing over here because I came to this forum just now to start a similar thread about my 4 yo dd.

She talks NON-STOP!

She doesn't talk to herself too often except during imaginative play. She talks to me. If she's awake, she's talking to me. Its an endless stream.

Sometimes I do feel really fustrated because it makes it a bit hard to finish a single thought in my head. I love how expressive and well spoken she is. I want her to feel that she can say anything to me and that she can always talk about whatever is on her mind, but occassionally I find myself asking her to give me quiet for 5 minutes so that I can think.

OTOH, I have one friend who's child has a very pronounced speach delay due to a tumor she had and had removed. She's 6 and her speach is at about a 2 year old level. I have another dear friend who's child is and always will be non-verbal and non-expressive. I try very hard to just be so grateful when she prattles on endlessly that she can speak and speak well.

But I do relate to your post. She talks to me while I'm in the shower, while I make dinner, wash dishes, dust, change my clothes, go to the bathroom, while I get her dressed, while I'm running around frantically looking for my keys when I'm trying to get us out the door in the morning... there she is, talking away. And every new topic starts out "Mom?" and she'll keep asking "Mom" until I say "Yes Shonah?" even if I'm standing right next to her.

It goes like this:

"Mom?"

"Yes Shonah"

"Today at school blah, blah, blah, blah....."

"And how do you feel about that?"

"Blah, blah, blah, blah....."

One second lapse

"Mom?"

"Yes Shonah"

repeat more of the same non-stop for HOURS on end.

I try really hard to delight in her expression. Sometimes I succeed with ease. Other times I want to put my hands over my ears and go "la, la, la I can't hear you, la, la, la"......

[Celtain]

I have days when I tell him that if he will just be quiet for five minutes I will give him a dollar!!!!!!

and I hear ya about the la la la la la la la la song!!!!!!

[mthomas]

my dh and I laugh abt the lengths we will go to, to get some silence. Mainly in the car - lol. DD is, like yours, very talkative. Usually abt nothing in particular, just whatever strikes her fancy at the moment. Sometimes it's humorous and delightful, and other times I just tune her out and nod (I know, I know!). I think it's the age - lol!

[EMZ]

My 3 yr old was BORN talking - which is what everyone tells me. When she's sleeping is the only time i hear silence. She even talks in her sleep.

[kaimama]

Hey, my dd was born on July 13th, 1998 also. cool!
She can be quite the chatterbox too, she loves to tell stories and will just keep talking and talking and talking. I usually enjoy it, but my older dd gets a bit annoyed when she feels she is not getting a chance to get a word in edgewise.

[miss_sonja]

My older DD does that too! We call it the 'soundtrack' (after a recent Baby Blues comic strip demonstrating that their older DD talks non-stop). Knowing that it's age-appropriate doesn't make it less annoying:-(. I try to go with the flow, but sometimes, I just want her to shut up! ARGH!

Glad to hear I'm not alone:-)

[magpie]

I have 6 YO twins and a 3 YO, I have always known my oldest son talks a lot, but had it driven home again recently, when I took him out alone with me! I guess his twin sister and younger brother usually catch a lot of the chatter, so it's deflected from me. But, get him on his own.... 'UH-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh'(me!)