Anonymous wrote: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.

I forgot to add, that my twins are my mother's fault. Apparently, I was like this as a child and my mother always said she hoped I got a child just like me. Her revenge, I got two.

You're raising me. My mother often said I talked so much she wished they would let me talk more at school. Teachers also wrote "social butterfly" on my report cards. I still talk a lot my dh has gotten use to it...well his mom talks a lot so it's prob ingrained. Anyway I like to say I think aloud. Oh and I have 2 year old who is a non stop talker. It's genetic. iPad helps

My DS, now 12, was like that. I am very introverted so it drove me crazy.

In Kindergarten apparently the teacher finally just told him that he didn't have to say everything he thought, that some thoughts could just stay in his brain. That helped a lot.

When he was a little older, I finally thought to explain to him how he was extroverted and I was introverted, so talking to others was really relaxing for him, but having to listen all the time was really tiring for me. He was genuinely surprised to hear that I enjoyed being quiet, since it was so much work for him. Talking about it also made me more sympathetic to him. Quiet is like air for me; talking is like air for him. We are just different.

Now he's a preteen so usually I am overjoyed when he wants to talk, but there are times when it's about a video game or something and it's hard.

And, yes, letting him do screens helped. It also was great when he got to the age where he started skyping and texting with friends, because then there was someone else for him to talk to.

My nephew is the same way. NON STOP narration of life. I have to tell him (always nicely!) "hunny, I don't need all the details!"
He stops..... for 1 minute. LOL.

Have you tried the quiet game? I would do this when babysitting. Let's see who can be quiet the longest. That person "wins."