My 6yo talks TOO much

[Artechim]

I used to be like that, mum used to joke there wasn't a camera invented with a fast enough shutter speed to catch me with my mouth closed lol

I like to think it is a sign of intelligence lmao

[AnyDream]

My DD1 who is now 10 suffers the same affliction. I think I possibly tuned her out a little too much when she was younger as she now talks without checking first that anyone is listening (not good socially). So we really work on making eye contact and stressing taking turns and listening as well as verbal-outpour.

So my advice is -
* Set up some quiet zones (ie when the tv news is on, or when I'm sitting in this particular armchair means I just need some quiet time)
* Teach your son about pauses in conversation, getting someone's attention, making eye contact and then talking when you're sure they're listening. Practise this at the dinner table and at other times when you're doing things that you don't mind listening to chat at the same time.
* Teach about talking about one topic at a time then it's the next person's turn to talk (kids this age just go from topic to topic to topic and it's hard to tell if they've finished saying the first thing LOL).
* realise that your son probably has an auditory way of processing information. Basically you're getting word for word what's happening in his head. Give him other auditory things to play with (in his bedroom hehe) - musical instruments, audio books, a tape recorder so he can record things then play them back, his own radio/stereo/mp3 player, games with noise-components to them. These will all grab him like nothing else in the house does and at least you'll have some quiet when he's off playing with them.

[angelaartsstudent]

Tell him that you think it would be really fun if he wrote you a letter instead of talking so at the end of the day you can read his lovely letter...and write one back to him.

May be a bit of fun for the end of the school holidays...maybe he can draw or write about looking forward to school or etc, making friends, favourite things to do etc etc

[Toomanytoomany]

Oh dear, I had to laugh. Some kids are just awful chatterboxes, aren't they? And they sometimes aren't great at picking up body language. I've always said that you wait that whole first year for them to say "mum" and then regret it for the rest of your life

I've been known to say to my chatterbox, "Darling, I love you, but from now until five minute's time, I'd like you to just stop talking for a bit, okay?" If they are stream of consciousness kids (I've got a couple of those) encouraging getting their thoughts out in a diary is really good.

There's a book called "The five love languages of children" that talks about how different children interpret love being demonstrated for them. For some, it's about physical contact (my Limpet Child is like that), for others it's being praised a lot, for others it's about being noticed and interacted with a lot. Sometimes understanding that can help deal with the frustration, particularly when your "love language" is different!

[Toomanytoomany]

Tell him that you think it would be really fun if he wrote you a letter instead of talking so at the end of the day you can read his lovely letter...and write one back to him.

What a lovely idea!