Does not stop talking!

[Nai]

My DD1 who is 4, is wonderful but the last few times we have spent time together has just about done my head in as she just does not stop talking! Today I took the 2 girls out for the afternoon and I don't think DD1 stopped to draw breath - she just talked non-stop.

Is this normal? Is it just a 4yo thing? A girl thing? And will it ever stop (apart from when she is 15 and won't speak to me at all)? My head was pounding when we got home.

[MissM]

my DD is 8 and i switch off sometimes I think its a girl thing (we dont have a son yet) but nope - it probably wont stop EVER! When she's 15 she's probably going to be yelling at you that you DONT listen to her ...

The worst is when your trying to watch something important and all you can hear is your child's voice! (gotta love it tho) but yea, it can be a little much at times!

im actually laughing typing this post

[AnyDream]

Oh yeah, I've got one of these...never really realised how 'out there' she is with the excessive talking until we had DD2 who only talks when she's got something of interest to say *sigh*. My advice is - try to teach her to a) take a breath b) check that she has your attention (incl eye contact) before speaking and c) impose a "cone of silence" when you really can't handle it anymore LOL.

[Nai]

Thanks ladies! She is really excessive in her talking. MD, I think you are lucky you have one who doesn't talk as much - so far it appears that DD2 is going to be just as chatty

[Lulu]

What does she talk about - everything in the world, what she is going to do when she grows up??

DD1 was a big big talker, I just can't remember what she was ever on about, probably cos I zoned out

[Nai]

Lulu - EVERYTHING! She asks questions about everything and just talks about everything eg things that happened, where we have been, people at kinder, what we're going to do etc etc etc . Honestly I zone out too otherwise I think my head might explode. She's currently talking non-stop to her sister about the spinning top they're playing with.

[AnyDream]

Mine talks about whatever pops into her head - yup pretty random and then when she stumbles across a thought/vocal noise that appeals to her she will repeat it over and over ...this includes stream-of-consciousness replays of conversations with other people, advertising jingles, lines out of movies, stories-not-based-in-reality, songs, nonsensical words and strange noises. Basically if she's got sound coming outta her mouth she's happy.

Honestly I zone out too otherwise I think my head might explode.

:yeahthat: In fact I think maybe my head has exploded on a couple of occasions...leaving me with a pronounced cognitive deficit with regards to listening.

[{sarah}]

It's definitely not a girl thing, I have a 5yo boy who is just a chatterbox & he talks non stop. He'll talk about what he wants to eat for dinner, what he's going to play with later, what he watched on TV or he'll ask questions about anything & everything.

I love it, he's so inquisitive & interested in everything. Sometimes it gets a bit much, but I just try to remember that everything is new & exciting for him. Imagine catching a train for the first time or seeing a rainbow that you've never seen before? The world is an exciting place for little people

[kelebek]

my, just over 2, boy is a talker, all day, every day, he will sing and chat often to himself but just as often to me I try to do what Sarah does and breath and remember that everything is a first for him

[~Kim~]

Yep, I think they're either talkers or not. I've got two Chatty Cathies, so for twelve hours a day there is only rare silence.....at least at 4 DD can be understood. I also have DS who jibbers just as much but I can't understand him yet.

[{sarah}]

Haha same here Kim, Juliette will babble on all day long & I understand about half of what she's talking about!

[Lulu]

DD1 loved the sound of her voice so much she used to sit in the toilet and sing.....

[~Kim~]

yep.....we have singing toilets too

[Nai]

DD1 will talk to herself on the toilet and sings and talks in the bath. I think she even talks in her sleep (actually come to think of it so do I so maybe it is a genetic thing). Sarah, my Juliette also bables constantly - sometimes I understand what she's saying but usually not.

[MissM]

DD1 will talk to herself on the toilet and sings and talks in the bath. I think she even talks in her sleep (actually come to think of it so do I so maybe it is a genetic thing). Sarah, my Juliette also bables constantly - sometimes I understand what she's saying but usually not.

DD is 8 and STILL sings while on the toilet!! Oh kids are funny!

[littlelara]

Beth is like this, just does not stop. Sometimes I have actually asked her for 3 minutes silence (she can't get past one) and I'm ashamed to admit I actually lost my temper with her at once because I was having trouble focussing on the road and got lost, but that was only once.
She even makes up songs (we can thank her dad for that).
Maybe if we stick my dd and yours in a room together they would cancel each other out - he he

[deletedit]

I have a 9yo talker and it has eased up a bit since she was 4. She'd narrate everything she did back then, down to a progress report on what the poop is doing when she's on the toilet. THAT has stopped at least, as has narration as she draws - but it didn't slow down until she was about 7. She gets pinged a lot at school for fidgetting and talking. I can't concentrate when I'm driving with her yabbering on either. And of course, she was an early talker so I've been getting this since she was not much past 6 months. The other one is near 18 months behind her in talking stage - and she's the normal one!

Now if she thinks you're in earshot she narrates everything on the TV (and then asks what is happening because she wasn't listening) and talks constantly during dinner about weird stuff, and generally runs into our study (or yells from the next room) very frequently to tell us what she's doing with her little sister and how fun it is or how much she hates her little sister and hates playing with her. At some stage she stopped talking to every random stranger she bumped into about her entire life story and is now "embarrassed" about talking to people to the extent she can't even order lollies from a shop, even if you get nasty and threaten that she can only have lollies if she orders them herself. I'm sure by the time she's a teenager she won't be speaking to me (or anyone else) at all.

Little one is the quiet type. Rarely narrates, so you can't tell what she's getting up to in the next room like with #1 when she was little, so you get little surprises like finding she's silently emptied a tissue box or something. She is more likely to ask us specific questions while the other one just yammered on constantly.

[AnyDream]

Yammering. That's a very good word for it RE!

Mine also gets in trouble at school for talking and general distractedness. It wouldn't be so bad if she could talk and do something at the same time, but she can't...ie will stand there with weetbix box in hand for 5 minutes while she blarps on about some totally unrelated thing...and then insists she was "getting her breakfast" the whole time and wonders why she's running late *again*.