Do you have non stop talker? - Page 2

[Apryl Srissa]

We have three!! The youngest doesn't even speak English yet

My 10 year old will go on and on, with tunnel vision so to speak. He has a few topics he loves (like certain video games) that he'll start on and keep going forever and ever. . . .

My three year old is getting to be the same, and the little one chatters the same way.

I haven't really dealt with it in the little ones, but for my oldest, we've just been honest with him. I tell him that I want to be able to listen to him and pay attention, but that I can't right now while I'm doing whatever. And then when I'm done, I be sure to give him complete attention for a bit. Though we've also been working on conversation skills. 'Cuz no one is enjoying him 'preaching' about stuff. He gets started with anyone he talks to. He doesn't pay attention to the listener and realize that they aren't interested, so will monopolize the conversation. Gets very unpleasant to listen to lol

[newmommy]

I just posted about this on another forum. DS talks non stop as well and by the evening I was near tears. Literally.

I too asked him to please "sshh, Mommy needs 5 minutes of quiet time".

But he insisted "What's this Mommy" "Where are you Mommy" and on and on.

I told DH I needed a break. Fast, and I left the house to catch a movie.

[littlemizflava]

yep i got one dd love to talk has not been quite since she started talking she goes 24-7 even in her sleep I talk alot but she can out talk every and anyone we have met...
i try to get her to go play with one of her now favorite toys and tell her what i am going to do and that till i come back i want her to play there and dont bug me till i am done my excape is a phone call every few days or i ask her to play quitely for a little bit and let me read but it dont always work she does still come and talk and talk :

[ParisAnne]

Originally Posted by flyingspaghettimama

Haha. Remember when we were so excited when they said their first words?Bwa haha haha. What FOOLS we were!

LOL! Thank You!

My dd has been a non stop talker from the start, I mean the very start. She was vocal as an infant, talk much sooner than the average child. She is extremely bright and spirited, and she just does not shut up. Sometimes, like someone else said, I do have to ask for a break from her. I just tell her as nicely as possible that mommy needs a break.

I stay sain by getting out of the house. I love my dd (5) and spending time with her and plan to do some form of homeschooling, but I also know my limits and need ME time. I am generally off duty at night. Dh comes home and takes over. He does the bedtime routine and book reading at night. I'm in charge from 8 am-7 pm.

I went to book club last night and didn't come home until 11 pm. I get out to stamp club once a month, sometimes see a movie with a girlfriend. I also so scrapbooking for 3 days about three times a year, where I'm actually out of town! I also get a massage about once a month, so I feel like I'm getting a break during the day once in a while as well.

DD also take a few classes during the week. Tuesdays, (today) she has jazz/trampoline class and spanish. I get to watch her/sit and read while she is doing class so that's a nice break. My friends dd takes gymnastics at the same time as my dd, so we get to talk and then we have an hour and a half break inbetween where we all pile into her mini van and do something, then the girls go back to the same location and take spanish, so we get 40 minutes to go do another errand while they are in class, so I get one on one grown up time too.

I have probably gotten off track, but that's the joy of being locked in the computer room for a break. It's another snow day here and jazz has already been cancelled so I'll be at home with her all day.

[lawgrrl]

What a great thread. Ds is 4.5 and began his running commentary on the world when he was about 2.5. Our situation is the same as many PP have described -- ds chatters non-stop from the minute he opens his eyes in the morning until he closes them at night, and sometimes talks in his sleep as well!

It definitely tries our patience at times and I have INSISTED on a bit of QUIET time now and then.

Dh's parents and my parents all say that ds comes by his talkative nature honestly, by way of Dh and myself.

[K's Mom!]

Yes, I do have a non stop talker. I usually ask her to go turn on a story on cd to listen to or go play. I'd say that it bothers me the most when we are in the car and the fan is on to keep the window defogged, and the engine is kind of loud and she's a quiet talker. Then she wants me to look at her and what she's doing. : I just say that mama's ears need a break and I need to think about the road. This works. . . sometimes.

I had a tough time getting that out. . being sung too and asked if I liked her song.

[lesley&grace]

What was that? I'm sorry, I didn't hear the question...my son was talking to me...

We had to set limits on Cam's chatter...he likes to gab over meals. We love to converse with him, but we would also like for him to EAT at some point. So generally I let him natter at me for a bit, then I tell him he has to be quiet and eat his dinner and we will chat after. Then we usually take some time to chat around the table after we eat, or at bedtime (which usually isn't that long after since we tend to eat late).

I love that he has so much to say....but he has SO MUCH TO SAY!!! He tends to just chatter away if we are walking somewhere, and I must confess there are times when I am not listening

I think he has a career ahead of him in law...he loves the sound of his own voice AND he loves to argue

[MommytoTwo]

My DS (4) has not shut his mouth in over 2 years. The child drives me batty. I adore him and he is smart and observant and thats great but for the love of God I wish he would jus tbe quiet for 10 minutes!!!! Sometimes I do tell him to please be quiet. lol It doesnt work of course. I have no suggestions really. An iPod and some headphones maybe (for you). I dont listen all the time and I dont really feel all that bad about it. There is NO conceivable way to listen to every single thing he says, esp when he repeats things so much. I, too, would like to complete a thought one of these days.

[5 kids blended!]

Oh my God! My little guy follows me all over the house all day it's just constant!
'mommy?...mommy!...mom, mom, mommy? ' "whatcha doin mommy? where ya going mommy? ugh! I just have to laugh or I would cry!!!