Mommy22alyns Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Story of my life, story of 2/3 of my day. Please don't talk to me first thing in the morning. Also, please don't save up everything for night time, when I am unwinding and trying to read. I have a narrow window of time available between me taking my nighttime meds and me passing out, so... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpyTheFrog Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Maybe we all need to buy our kids recorders and let them record themselves...as long as they don't try to make us listen to the recording later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 A friend's child is a loud, constant, close-talker. I don't know how she stands it. I'm an extrovert and I hit saturation with this kid in about 10 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Yup. I have had to be very direct about asking my kids to stop talking to me at times. It sounds awful, but I can't handle the chatter. I also discovered the other day that I don't mind ironing as much anymore. I am alone in my room and it is quiet. It's not so bad.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaniemom Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 DH and I are both introverts who somehow ended up with 3 extroverts. It is exhausting. DD5 is never quiet, always humming, talking, or singing. She is also very loud. We actually had her hearing tested recently but nope, she's just loud. DS is deaf and when he first got his hearing aids and later cochlear implant we were told to talk, talk, talk to him. We were supposed to narrate everything. That left me wiped out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamonlyone Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Well, I will add a sprinkle of hope, too. I had a whistle when mine were little because they literally could not hear me trying to get their attention since they were all three talking. One little whistle, and they all looked at me or came running. Car rides were bad (counting, talking, etc. on 12-hour trips). There was a time when I felt like I was about to lose it from all the noise. But mine are now 20, 18 and 15, and the 20 year old lives across the country. Somewhere in the transformation from little and chatty to young adults, the constant talking stopped. We actually have conversations now, and when we all get together, there is lots of laughter and happy sharing...with healthy quiet too. Just wanted to throw that out there in case it encourages anyone! :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 My DD will talk to me as I'm swimming. She will paddle beside me and speak when I breathe. I've threatened to stop coming up for air.This made me laugh so hard! :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernal Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Once DH jokingly told the kids that if they didn't stop talking so loud and so much in the car that I was going to jump out. Now if I ask them to be quiet while we are in the car, DD6 will ask "Why Mama? Are you going to jump out?" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelbe5 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I'm an introverted only child in a family of talkative people. Even my son with autism is very talkative - lots of scripting and nonsensical chatter, but talking nonetheless. I always wanted a bigger family than the one I grew up in. I said I would never complain if my son began to talk. Be careful what you wish for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strange_girl Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I also ask them to stop talking sometimes. I try to say it kindly and simply, as in, "Hey, you know I love your stories, but I really need you to stop talking for a little while." Or I'll go lay on my bed and tell them Mommy needs quiet time :D It can be totally overwhelming. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upward Journey Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I have an extreme talker. I wouldn't even classify myself as an introvert...may a mesovert? Okay. So I made that up, but she.never.stops. Even reading. I have mentioned that she could read silently, especially since she read at least a couple of hours everyday. She actually said, 'no thanks mom, I LIKE the sound of my own voice!' We did have to intitute a Talking Zone rule to ensure I would At least get caffeine prior to the aural Attack! Yes, we have a "No talking to Mom until her second cup of coffee" rule. I milk that first cup for all it's worth ;) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hepatica Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I always knew that talking exhausted me. It wasn't until I had kids that I understood how exhausting listening is... "Right Mom?" "Don't you think, Mom?" "Hey Mom, what about this? "Hey Mom, what if I?" "Hey Mom, what do you think about this...?" "Hey Mom, do you like this...?" Over and over again, all day long. Every thought they have, every decision they make, everything they do, every minute detail that flits across their crazy little minds requires some sort of response from me. Sometimes I just have to tell them that I can't hear them anymore. My ears are exhausted. And, yes, I am not really listening anymore. I stopped about 3 hours ago. Extreme introvert here :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SproutMamaK Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I would like to add, as a slight spin-off of this, a phenomena often witness in my home wherein the child assumes that if no one is laughing at his joke, he just must not have said it loudly enough.Child: *Joke that makes no sense and is half made up gibberish words.*Everyone else: ".... so, how was work today?"Child: *same joke,twice as loud*Everyone else: "Work was pretty busy, how about-"Child, interrupting: *same joke, twice as loud and right in your face*Oh, honey... we all heard you the first time. It's just no one thought it was funny. Disclaimer: We usually do the obligatroy half-hearted laugh after the first time, and we try not to crush his spirits by telling him how completely not amusing the nonsense is... but by "joke" #15, NO ONE CARES ANYMORE, SON. We've tried to explain the concepts of not bogging the conversation, not interrupting, tried to explain why complete gibberish and nonsense isn't appropriate conversation, but apparently he cares about what we're saying as much as we care about his jokes. We don't want to crush his spirit... but dangit, if you're interrupting actual conversation to spew gibberish in people's faces for no reason, maybe that particular part of his spirit could stand for a little crushing every once in a while because STOP THAT.Okay, I feel a bit better now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 . We don't want to crush his spirit... but dangit, if you're interrupting actual conversation to spew gibberish in people's faces for no reason, maybe that particular part of his spirit could stand for a little crushing every once in a while because STOP THAT. Okay, I feel a bit better now. Have you been to my house? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 Remember all those hours you coax your baby, "Say, Da-da!" What was I thinking? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajfries Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 My dad always said you spend the first 2 years of a kid's life teaching them to walk & talk and the next 16 years to sit down and shut up. :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 This comes to mind: Exactly! That's hysterical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snickerplum Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 From the time I started reading this thread until I escaped to the bathroom my oldest was chatting away. I married an extrovert. His genes are stronger than mine. They look like him and all (!) 4 are extroverts. Send help. Dh doesn't mind quiet time, but in school his mom always heard, "he's so social," and, "he won't stop talking." All of them. ALL of them talk all the time. A few even talk in their sleep. My mom (another fellow introvert) suggested I tell them they've reached their question limit for the day. Nice try. "Why?" "What does that mean?" "When can we ask more questions?" "What if we're hungry?" "What about the bathroom?" ?? Stop! I love my children dearly. I always wanted to be a mom and I wouldn't give it up for anything. But they need to be quiet. Please. Sigh. Time to leave the bathroom or they'll just come and start asking me what I'm do I doing. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 My mom (another fellow introvert) suggested I tell them they've reached their question limit for the day. Nice try. "Why?" "What does that mean?" "When can we ask more questions?" "What if we're hungry?" "What about the bathroom?" ?? Stop! I LOVE this. When we adopted our son at 7 1/2 years old he was like this. One night I finally told him at bedtime, TWO more questions and then it was sleep time. Question #2 was "Can I have more questions in the morning?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 My 14 year old came into the bathroom while I was in the shower to show me a drawing. I poked my head out and shouted over the water, "IS THIS AN EMERGENCY???" She laughed and said, "Sorry! But look, do you like it?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 We let our never stops talking son sign up for a youtube account and got him a webcam. He now records and endlessly narrates videos of Minecraft and Terraria for the whole world to listen to him. Better them than us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocassie Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 All three of mine are introverts, well my oldest is sort of in the middle. However, any talking that they seem to need or want is all directed at me. Ah, just leave me be for an hour. I get it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue daisy Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Oh yes. Another one who can relate here. Two introverted parents, three introverted kids and one very extroverted 5 year old. It's non stop. Her brothers are always asking her to be quiet. My ears physically hurt by the end of the day sometimes. Right now my three older kids are in school so it's just me and the baby home during the day. I love the quiet for those hours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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