5Yr Old Talks Constantly!

I have some like that. I just thought it was personality.
One of mine actually sings or hums all the time. You can hear other siblings yell "STOP IT" whereas I have totally tuned it out. I don't even notice it.
Mine usually do it while they play. They make all their little animals or Lego people have conversations. This can go on forever. I suppose if they were coming at me to talk all the time I would find it tiresome, but they usually channel it through their imagination.

I think its normal, Like when a child grows more and more day to day they listen every new thing from others and they are trying to understand that all and they loved to share with you everything... I think don't have stopped them because when they become younger they don't talk more with you..... But rather than you are tired to hear them, then just give them some activity like they busy with activities and they forget all things.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!.........I miss that so much!!! It's that free flowing stream of consciousness and it is so completely age appropriate.

The good news is that you don't have to retain everything he's conveying, hardly any of it is on the quiz. Also, you get amazing insight into how he sees and processes his world, what could be better than that?

The bad news is that you seem to think there's something medically wrong with him, otherwise why mention the ped? You should feel bad asking him to stop. This behavior needs to be managed just as any other behavior.

I know it seems like he doesn't even stop to breathe but he does. When he does you say "darling, I love hearing all you have to say but I need to tell you something or we need to get ready for bed now" or anything else that is needed at that time.

Mine is 14 and, while still quite verbose, tends to give me 14 year old boy grunts and/or monosyllabic responses these days. "How was your day?" "Fine."

Let him be himself and enjoy it. Yes, I wince at the sheer volume of nerf pellets littering my house but I also know when it's not littered, I'll miss them knowing he's outgrown them, for example.

Yes, it's called having kids. They all do it.

This is totally normal (and your frustration is normal too). Don't worry unless he cannot be quiet, he is uncontrollably repetitive, or he talks about inappropriate things. You can try channeling his energy into other activities such as sports, legos, or anything else to wear him out. Otherwise, he will just outgrow it (eventually). Hang in there.

5 year olds talk a lot. It can be exhausting, huh. My 10 year old has been talking for YEARS. Motor mouth, that boy.
But....I am pretty sure some kids are talkers and some are not. That doesn't mean anything is WRONG with them. I am confused as to what else he may be doing that makes you think you need to talk with his pediatrician.
I try really hard to listen to what he is saying and conversate WITH him...I know this wont last forever. Soon I will be dumb and annoying and he wont want to talk with me. lol
BUT, honestly, there have been times that I have said, "Son...I just need a couple of minutes of silence."
L.

Some kids process the world around them by talking it out. I have one of these, age 6. He talks all the time. He talks to us as long as we are in the room. He talks when he is alone in a room playing a game. He talks to put himself to sleep. I assume that as he gets older, his dialogue will become more internal (eg, he'll start thinking through things in his head instead of having every thought come out his mouth). But I think it's totally normal. It sometimes make us think our ears are bleeding - like when I was next to him on an airplane for 4 hours and he talked the entire 4 hours without stopping - but normal.

ha ha! i didn't have a Constant Talker but i have friends who did, and understand how chinese-water-torture-crazy it can make you!

some will say 'just tune them out.' i'm not sure that's a good idea, because if used as a go-to coping strategy its long-term effect will be to instill in him that he's not worthy of attention. but at 5 he IS old enough to understand 'you can keep talking, honey, while i pay attention to dinner, but i might miss some of what you're saying because i have to focus on what i'm doing. carry on!' with occasional (frequent) episodes of 'my ears are tired now, sweetheart. we're going to have quiet time for the next (5 minutes, hour, rest of the car ride, whatever). when (the timer goes off, we get to the library, the baby is put to bed) you can go ahead and talk some more.'

learning to contain his thoughts for brief interludes will be good for him.

but you don't really want to suppress it.

my aunt still tells the story of watching me out the window, cleaning my paddock with my older following behind, nattering away ninety miles an hour, and the long-suffering look on my face.

i'd trade a couple of toes to have that much of his attention any more.

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:) khairete
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Did it ever occur to you that telling him to stop it might make him feel bad. It's his personality - let it thrive. Do you know how many guys I meet who have nothing to say? The ability to chat and be social is terrific. Now, I do think you'll be challenged to have him be quiet in school. So set limits when he has to focus.

I agree with Sarah and Robert E., it's normal and will come to an mend eventually.

I have a few thoughts. Is he in kindergarten yet? I wonder if part of his chatter is because he has to be quiet at school and so he uses his pent up energy and talking at home with you.

5 year olds have a difficult time with self control. They are still trying to control everything from their body's, to their talking, to their hands. One of our jobs as a parent, although frustrating, is to help them learn self control.

One way to deal with is to use a timer. Tell him that you will listen to him talk for as long as the timer is on (15 minutes maybe) and thence needs too goo fid something else to do. Then set the time again (5 minutes). When he hears it go off, he can come back and talk to you. Start with small increments of time, and gradually increase it so it's easier for your son to be away from you. This way he learns how to control his talking and you get a break. My mom did this with my brother, who was a chatterbox at that age, and it worked like at charm.

Also, instead of just standing there and listening to him talk, engage him in an activity while you listen (a puzzle, putting the dishes away, going for a walk, anything) and gradually turn jthe talking to what you are doing. "Hey, see that bird over there? What kind of bird do you think it is?" Where does this puzzle piece go?" "Can you put this dish away please"> this has the affect of focusing his energy and is talking.

Good luck!

Ever think he just likes talking to you and feeling like he is interacting with you in a way that is meaningful to him? I understand your frustration, I really do, my boys are the same way. They can both go on and on and on, and it is usually about something I know nothing about and care nothing about, like video games. BUT, they are important to them, they are what they are excited about, and so I listen, and smile, and even ask questions I don't really want the answers to, because I never want my children to feel discounted or ignored. IF we are in a sitting where quiet is expected, or we need to get to doing something else important, I will politely tell them we will have to finish the conversation later, but I don't ever treat what they are saying as unimportant or not worth listening too, can you imagine what it would feel like if someone did that to you?

LOL You've just described both of my kids at 5.
My current 5 yr old sings to herself when she gets bored of talking to herself.
Either way, it's constant noise....

My daughter still does this!

Most of the time I do enjoy it, because like another person said, it gives you such insight into their world :-).

I do try to enjoy as much as I can bc I know it won't be forever. But sometimes I tell her my ears are exhausted and need to rest. When she was younger I would ask her to draw a picture or write it down while I finish (cooking, cleaning, etc). I felt this helped her 'switch gears' or helped her decide how important it was to share (enough to write it down?).

If you can catch him in a moment record it. You will look back one day and treasure it.

Please listen to Sharon W. She is so right.

Some kids just do that. If its in their heads then its out of their mouths. My oldest granddaughter talked for the entire 1 1/4 hr ride starting as I pulled out of her driveway and ending when I pulled into mine. OMG I texted my daughter saying that I was pretty sure my ears were bleeding from listening to soooooo much talking. What I learned was its ok to say honey we're going to turn on the radio and have a little quiet time. If you want to sing along that's ok but we just won't be talking for a while. Just remember that they aren't doing it to irritate you they are doing it to convey how they are feeling, thinking, or whatever. Sometimes you don't even have to listen to what's actually being said because they just want to talk.

All three of mine do this sometimes, but my middle one (7) can do it pretty constantly since age five... Like with everything else, he's stubborn, so shooshing him or holding up a finger (like when the mortgage refinance guy finally calls me back or I'm writing bills, or trying to follow driving directions or talking to someone else) won't always work and uuuurrrgh! I hear you, SOMETIMES, you need the constant stream of talking to stop. And it's OK to tell him to stop sometimes. Not ALL the time. Maybe not even often. But sometimes. It won't hurt his feelings. My son is used to it! The other day at the post office I needed to fill out a bunch of labels and my son was in a the middle of a never-ending monologue that had been going for an hour during errands and he stood right beside me to keep on talking and I said, "Hunny, I need you to not talk to me right now until we leave, I can't write these labels while you are talking to me." and a minute later he came back and started talking to me and I raised my arm and said, "NOPE! Not 'til I'm done!!" and he retreated. Any spectators would have thought that was harsh, but I'm telling you....I also catch him saying, "Oh, nevermind, you're not listening anyway" sometimes, because yeah, I've been tuning him out lol!!

Most kids at that age talk and talk and talk. It's a phase, usually.

Hey idiot it's called. A kid. All kids talk constantly. Both of my children still do it. Ones 13 the others 22. Them talking so much is what gets them in trouble all the time. In all honesty it is completely normal for him to keep in talking. But my daughter did it a lot when she was depressed about stuff and my son when he was 4 after some bad stuff happened at the babysitters. Other then that,this is completely normal for a kid to do. So don't worry.

Ah. yes. the mind of a 5 year old. I'm sure we will miss it when they are 15.

I just tune them out when they are babbling. Sometimes I will just say," i need to concentrate on X, is this something we can discuss later?"