Re: incessant chattering

In article <1133287149.844902.286310@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"tedneeley@xxxxxxxxx" <tedneeley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> My toddler (2.5 yo) asks questions a lot. Most of those is kinda
> re-stating the obvious. When we are driving in a car, taking a walk,
> pretty much any time we're outside or at home, she's constantly asking
> questions.. Sometimes she asks same question repeatedly even if you
> answer it the first time ("Mummy, what is this rabbit doing" about 10
> times) She's smart and inquisitive. But sometimes I just need the
> quiet. I don't want to tell her to stop talking (sometimes I do but she
> won't). I know pretty soon a day will come when she becomes a teenager
> and I'll be begging her to talk.. but how do you manage/channel these
> types of incessant conversation?
>
> She's quite smart. She's only 2.5 but already toilet trained and
> recognizes all alphabets and numbers, recites more than 20 rhymes. I
> guess this questioning is kinda asking for attention?
>
> Thanks.
>

There's talking, and then there's talking . . .

I think it's OK to sometimes just tell a kid that mommie's ears need a
bit of a rest.

I got that idea from my mom; DD2 is a TALKER, and there were times when
my mom would say, "Oh, honey, grandma's ears are SOOO tired; could we
have it quiet for just a bit?" DD2 seemed to accept that as a good
reason to be quiet for a few whole minutes at a time.

If it's the questions themselves that are annoying (or the
repetitiveness of them) you COULD, after giving a straight answer, start
making up silly answers, or start asking HER questions.
--
Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care

.

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