Overheard in my house tonight

[1bassoon]

Picture this:

 

I'm sitting here, surfing the boards.

 

Dd 9 is pacing and talking, pacing and talking - it's like she stores it up all day, then it comes out after 9 p.m. When I'm. Done. Listening.

 

She goes to brush her teeth.

 

Comes out. Direct quote:

 

"You know mom, I know you weren't listening to, like, half the words I said. But I just like talking to people."

 

:blush:

 

Lesson learned.

[kls126s]

My dd is the exact same way - always has been. And I so so identify with the I'm.Done.Listening! LOL

 

When she was about 3 we lived in Eastern Europe. It was frigid and we didn't have a car so we didn't go out a lot. Poor public transportation plus 3yo plus sub zero means homebound. Anyway, one day she grabbed my face and stuck hers in it and said "mommy, I need to see people!"

 

I couldn't believe that she could verbalize that! We did bundle up and go to the market. :001_smile:

[Sasharowan]

My dd is like that too. The more I get listened out, the more she wants to talk, except she wants me to listen. My ds12 was like that when he was 3-7 yo, but I could tune him out and let him chatter and he didn't care.

[Mom to Aly]

My dd9 is like that--the more occupied I am, the more she wants to talk--it goes two ways--either she asks something she wants to get away with, or she gets hurt that I'm not listening.

 

Plus I'm a single mom, so I'm it--very hard sometimes.

[Kathleen in VA]

My dd9 is the same way. Dd15 and I look at each other slyly and say, "Who would you buy a Volvo for?":D