Does anyone have a talkative child?

[minnieandme]

My DS8 is VERY talkative and got in trouble yesterday at school. From the moment he spoke his first words, he hasn't shut up yet. He even talks in his sleep. Even at home I have to tell him to be quiet. Now I know what my mom meant when she said she can't even hear herself think. I guess I have to look at it in the sense that he's very comfortable with his classmates and is able to be himself. I'm always reminding him to zip his lip and talk only when he's suppose to. Any one else have this problem?

 

[mickeyboat]

Remember when your parents told you they hope you have a child just like you? I did, and she never stops talking. She talks while she eats, she talks in the car, she talks while she goes to the bathroom. She talks to me, she talks to the cats, she talks to herself. I figure she will grow up to be a politician!

Fortunately, she does not talk at inappropriate times at school. (I think it is because she is saving it all up for me when she gets home).

DH gets pretty annoyed, and tells her that sometimes she needs to be quiet and listen, instead of talking. I think it is pretty cute, but I save my sanity by being able to tune her out when she isn't talking directly to me. Plus, there will come a time she won't want to talk to me at all, so I am enjoying it while I can.

Denae

 

[RUDisney]

My DS11 drives my DD10 crazy because he never shuts up. While he is not as bad as you describe your DS to be, I look at it that he'll be a wonderful conversationalist when he's older and married... something that his father is not.

 

[Desnik]

Yep! Sounds exactly like my 8.5 year old DD!! I swear she started talking at birth!!LOL Sometimes I am in awe at the amount of stuff she has to say! She is pretty good at school though. I haven't gotten any calls or letters saying she's too talkative there. She also talks so fast, I can't keep up. And she gives way too much info! She turns a 5 second story into a half hour event! But I love her to death! When I can't take it anymore I just remind myself how I would feel if she wasn't around. Then I have more patience and just try to explain to her to slow down, and not talk so much. I have the exact opposite problem with DS who is 3.5. He never talked at all and has had speech therapy for 2 years now. Thankfully he talks alot more now, but he can't get a word in when around DD!!LOL Poor kid! Sometimes I catch him just staring at her with his mouth open as she is chatting away!!LOL

 

[Griggle]

Absolutely! I iron on Sundays for an hour or two - and I'm a captive audience. He'll stand there and talk the whole time.....about anything and everything.

Talking at school is such an issue for DS11 that at dinner time, the first thing every night out of our 5yo's mouth is "Did you get in trouble for talking at school today?".

I'd seriously fall off the chair if he ever answered "no".

Fortunately, for him he has teachers that work with it.....and his desk is always in the upper corner of the room where he only has one person he can talk to...and, if the teacher is really with it - they put the shyest kid in the class in that desk. LOL.

I'm envious of him to some degree - public speaking is one of my major fears and can be a bit of a hinderance.....I can absolutely see him being a great speaker one day - and hoping it leads to success....so he can take care of the mother who "listened" to him all those years. LOL.

 

[hydster]

Yep we have one too. My older son nicknamed him Diarrhea boy because his mouth just kept running and nothing would stop it. He talks incessantly and even worse than that is that he has the worlds LOUDEST voice. His quiet voice is a normal persons voice and in our house it just echos.

If we are in the family room watching tv and he's in the kitchen eating or whatever we have to stop what we're watching until he's done...he cannot lower his voice. He talks and talks and talks and then he starts all over again.

Love him to death though and while it's annoying most of the time I wouldn't change him.

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

My daughter never stops talking. I was like that when I was a kid and now I'm pretty quiet...so there's still hope.

 

[mickeyboat]

He talks incessantly and even worse than that is that he has the worlds LOUDEST voice. His quiet voice is a normal persons voice and in our house it just echos.

I am glad you said that, because Hannah's voice is very loud, and a little grating, too. I have to remind her all the time to "lower her voice." I think the volume of her voice coincides with her level of excitement. She'll get it, someday!

Denae

 

[goofinoff]

I can remember when both of my kids were babies and saying "I can't wait for her to talk so she can tell us what she wants". Yah, I'm eating those words! She's 4 and never stops!! My friend babysat for her for about an hour last week and asked if she ever stops talking. Nope!!!!

 

[hydster]

She'll get it, someday!

Denae

Sadly Denae I don't think Tanner will ever talk quiet. My mil and my dad are both LOUD talkers and when I say loud I mean L~O~U~D!

If my MIL comes to our house and I'm watching tv in the family room when she leaves my ears are literally ringing and my head hurts for awhile. We have Pergo in there and really high ceilings but still. I'm not kidding the woman could page someone in a crowd without a bullhorn she's so stinkin loud.

Funny thing is DH and I talk quiet as do my other 2 kids but my last one....watch out!

 

[SuBeat]

I recently asked DD (9 in 11 days) if she said every thought that popped into her head, because it certainly doesn't sound like she keeps any to herself. She has always been my social child, and it's the only conduct issue she has at school.

Her teacher indicates her conduct grade each day in her assignment book, one of these for a good day, or a little note if not. Our goal is to only get one "sign" a week. If she gets one on Tuesday, I remind her she has to be extra careful the rest of the week. This has worked well so far.

 

[carone0318]

My dd is very talkative. She is pretty good at school, but has been given warnings here and there. I am not really big on those t-shirts that have saying on them, but I attached the following picture because her shirt says it all:

In case you can't read it, it says Talking is not a Crime! It is so fitting for her, I just had to buy it.

 

[minnieandme]

My dd is very talkative. She is pretty good at school, but has been given warnings here and there. I am not really big on those t-shirts that have saying on them, but I attached the following picture because her shirt says it all:

In case you can't read it, it says Talking is not a Crime! It is so fitting for her, I just had to buy it.

I bought DS8 a shirt as well that says "I multi talented, I can talk and annoy you at the same time"

We was in a store one day and the clerk read his shirt and asked if it were true and I told her yes, very much so.

 

[fan_of_small_world]

Oh, I just had to chime in...I have TWO chatterboxes! Sometimes when I'm driving with them in the car I just have to insist on "quiet time" for a few minutes! I'm actually quite a talker myself, so I really do love it, but once in a while you just need a few minutes of peace.

I have to say that one of the hardest things to teach DS was when we were at, say a museum or even during the children's sermon at church, that he just can't try to answer every question. Last summer at my cousin's wedding, we were listinging to the sermon and the priest asked (rhetorically) "What is love?" Well, DS's hand shot up, I grabbed it and put it down, and my family in the pew behind us just cracked up!

 

[PaulaSue]

Yep, my oldest is plus she is ditzy (said with love) and gets things mixed up often.

The other day when she answered the phone she told my friend that Grandmda and I were in a big car accident. (Dh and the girls drove by us when Mom and I got stoped for here car's out of date registration. I had even called him to tell them it was us stopped and we would be a while longer. We were going to the store for something.)

Needless to say people are learning quick not to take what she says as word.

 

[DznyFan]

Oh, yeah. Now 16, she has been a big talker since she started talking. She used to get in trouble all the time at school. She's grown out of the inappropriate talking in class, but still talks all the time. On the phone, on the computer, text messaging..... and talks my ear off, too.

 

[Pixiedust34]

My dd talks and talks and talks and talks and talks and talks and talks................We should put all of our chatterboxes into 1 room and let 'em enjoy each other.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Oh, boy, yes! I started a thread on the DIS after our last trip to WDW in May because not only will my 6yo never shut up, but he will talk to strangers all the time. In general it's not an issue and he can really be a delight, but OMG, child, give me 2 minutes of silence. He's home sick today so it's been non-stop noise (he's feeling better, but not well enough to be back in school...). I swear that he was born talking, but the reality is that he was a late talker and, being the youngest of 4 children, I knew what I was getting myself into. He's much more talkative than the others, though, and does not have a shy bone in his body. It's really starting to serve him well in school and so far hasn't been too much of a problem.

 

[Robinrs]

My son talks a blue streak ... to ME ONLY!! At school he's too coooool to talk, his teachers tell me he's so quiet and nice and I say "WHO????"