This post makes me laugh. I was your son! My parents said I NEVER stopped talking. I talk too much now hahahaha. But I pursued a career where I can talk to people all of the time so it worked out.

My DD who is 4.5 is just like this. She just talks to talk. Sometimes she'll start talking nonsense on and on and on telling stories that don't even make sense. I actually have to tell her "shhh" because after a while it starts to drive me crazy and I feel like I might scream.

My DD was like this... It was tiring, as I am introvert and she is a total extrovert. Now, as a teen she talks to her friends, and I still have to remind her not to talk so much and let others talk. She was diagnosed with ADHD, pretty severe case too. Whoever says, hyper active ADHD is for boys mostly, never saw my DD! Like living with a rock star!

Gabby book by Stephen Cosgrove. Old book. It sounds adorable tho so unless it is annoying or detrimental to relationships, I would just ride it out.

ADHD?

My BFF has a DD like this. It is a form of ADD.

I have one of these. We literally had to establish a house rule that mealtimes are silent so that he would eat his effing dinner!

I was hoping he'd grow out of it by 7.

How do these ancient threads get revived? Is it through a search or something? PPs who responded today, how did you even find this thread?

My son who had to be taught baby sign language never stops talking. He loves to read so this has really helped.

This is my 3 year old. All day long. She also directs a fair amount of the speech toward me, but then denies she's talking to me if I ask her directly. She'll ask questions and trail off for another two minutes while you wait for her to stop talking so you can answer her. It goes on and on and on.

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry but your post is cracking me up. Think about it this way, it's better than a kid who never talks at all. You should tape him sometimes so you can listen to it a few years from now. You'll probably crack up too.

+1

It's exhausting now but oh how you'll miss it

I sympathize. I have not one, but two. I have 5 year old twins who never stop talking. They talk over each other and over Mom and Dad. They get into arguments about a dozen times a day because the twin will not stop and let them talk. They argue over whose turn it is to talk. They talk louder to be "heard" over their twin. There is rarely a moment when one or the other (or both) are not talking.

I understand. Truly.

When you need a little break, can you direct him into a fairly solitary activity for a little while? Like, could you suggest that he spend a little while in his room reading or working on a project he's interested in, or could you ask him to do a small chore that might not involve other people (taking out/getting the garbage cans or something)?

I would focus on enforcing the rules regarding not interrupting people and not talking when it's not allowed (i.e. while chewing, etc.)? You might also institute a rule at dinnertime or in the car or something where each person has a designated "turn" to speak about something that happened that day or something they're interested in talking about. You could try having some sort of "talking stick" that you pass around, and the person who has the stick is the one who has a turn to speak at that moment. I know that won't solve everything, but it might help in those situations.

Anonymous wrote:My 7 year talks all the time too. And now is singing all the time as well, which may be more annoying. He told me his morning he had a new song that would last fr about 39 minutes. And it did.

Lol. At least he is accurate.

My 3 year old had speech delays. The speech therapist said one day we would wish he'd shut up. She was right. His teachers frequently remark that he never stops talking. They don't believe he used to have delays!

My DD did this; OMG I wanted to scream when we were in the car.

There seemed to be no filter.

She is 12 now and she tends to be monosyllabic OR break into the same sort of firehose stories.

My other DD (now 14) has always been different and we have always had "real" conversations.

I'm aware of it now because both DDs are thinking about switching schools, and the 12 y.o. went from ALL IN school A and hating School B, then I said one sentence about "consider that you'll be on a bus" and then she went TOTALLY AGAINST School A...three weeks later she's ALL IN school A, and I aksed why, and she said, "Because it will be better for me."

Meanwhile, the 14 y.o. and I have had numerous discussions weighing the pros and cons of School C vs. School D.

So. It must have to do with their filter. On Totally or Off Totally...