Re: Coping with non-stop talking

[Guest guest]

My 16 yo is like that. Starts talking the minute he wakes up in the morning and

doesn't stop 'til he goes to sleep at nite. It amazes me that he doesn't talk

in his sleep! Luckily, he's finally gotten to the age where if you tell him to

be quiet or " shhhh... " he will do so, for a minute or two, at least. I don't

really have any advice to give as it was an age or maturity thing with my son.

Maybe you can learn to at least partially tune him out. Don't think of it as

being a bad mommy..think of it as keeping your sanity so you can continue being

a good mommy! AARRGGHH! Josh has been yakking the entire time I've been writing

this. Sometimes it's easier to " tune out " than others.LOL

-Mom to Josh and Sara (16 yo and 13 yo, both AS)

trulie888 <aslan888@...> wrote:

My five year old is hyperverbal. And I don't think that even comes

close to explaining what it is like. I'm having a harder time being

patient lately and I'm not liking myself very much. In fact I'm

feeling like a pretty sucky mom. It's just, I sometimes find myself

trying to avoid catching his attention because if he notices me he'll

start

talkingendlesslyinamonotonewiththewordsstrungtogethersoyoucan'tgetawordin

and I feel like I want to scream. Literally. It's sometimes like a

verbal assault. And of course he doesn't read any cues about cutting

it short, will follow me to the door of the bathroom and talk to me

through the door and even if I directly tell him as kindly as possible

that he needs to stop talking for whatever reason it doesn't even

register with him. He did this with the pizza guy a couple of weeks

ago and I had to laugh because the guy got a panicked look in his eye

and was edging toward his car trying to get away without being rude.

I had to pick ds up and take him into the house so the guy could

leave. So, is anyone else dealing with this and how are you dealing

with it?

[Guest guest]

With my 15 year old, it's not non-stop talking, but non-stop

singing. If I ask him to stop or tell him, his singing is nice but

he needs to give his throat a rest, he will say " I can't sing? You

don't want me to sing? My family hates me! I can't sing! " For

hours and hours that same sentence. I think I'd rather have the

singing. Sometimes I will ask him to sing in the other room so I

can hear the news. That works. (sometimes)

> My five year old is hyperverbal. And I don't think that

even comes

> close to explaining what it is like. I'm having a harder time being

> patient lately and I'm not liking myself very much. In fact I'm

> feeling like a pretty sucky mom. It's just, I sometimes find myself

> trying to avoid catching his attention because if he notices me

he'll

> start

>

talkingendlesslyinamonotonewiththewordsstrungtogethersoyoucan'tgetawo

rdin

> and I feel like I want to scream. Literally. It's sometimes like a

> verbal assault. And of course he doesn't read any cues about

cutting

> it short, will follow me to the door of the bathroom and talk to me

> through the door and even if I directly tell him as kindly as

possible

> that he needs to stop talking for whatever reason it doesn't even

> register with him. He did this with the pizza guy a couple of weeks

> ago and I had to laugh because the guy got a panicked look in his

eye

> and was edging toward his car trying to get away without being

rude.

> I had to pick ds up and take him into the house so the guy could

> leave. So, is anyone else dealing with this and how are you dealing

> with it?

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

PATRICIA MAIN <mainpatr@...> wrote:

>

> My 16 yo is like that. Starts talking the minute he wakes up in the

morning and doesn't stop 'til he goes to sleep at nite. It amazes me

that he doesn't talk in his sleep! Luckily, he's finally gotten to

the age where if you tell him to be quiet or " shhhh... " he will do so,

for a minute or two, at least. I don't really have any advice to give

as it was an age or maturity thing with my son. Maybe you can learn

to at least partially tune him out. Don't think of it as being a bad

mommy..think of it as keeping your sanity so you can continue being a

good mommy! AARRGGHH! Josh has been yakking the entire time I've been

writing this. Sometimes it's easier to " tune out " than others.LOL

>

Thanks for responding. I've been having a bad couple of days. It

helps to know that others have dealt with this. I feel so guilty for

tuning him out but some days it is just self defense.

[Guest guest]

>

> With my 15 year old, it's not non-stop talking, but non-stop

> singing. If I ask him to stop or tell him, his singing is nice but

> he needs to give his throat a rest, he will say " I can't sing? You

> don't want me to sing? My family hates me! I can't sing! " For

> hours and hours that same sentence. I think I'd rather have the

> singing. Sometimes I will ask him to sing in the other room so I

> can hear the news. That works. (sometimes)

>

When I ask my son to stop talking he usually tells me I'm fired. Over

and over again. " Mom, you're FIRED! " with the word fired usually

shouted. Sigh.

[Guest guest]

I also have a talker. Mine is 3 1/2 and to think she only had a 2-word

vocabulary! GEEZ I guess now it is like a million words and they all just go on

and on. If I act like I am not totally into what she is saying I get head butted

or told look in my face. UGHH such a joy. lol I feel your pain but so far have

no answers.

Tammie

( ) Coping with non-stop talking

My five year old is hyperverbal. And I don't think that even comes

close to explaining what it is like. I'm having a harder time being

patient lately and I'm not liking myself very much. In fact I'm

feeling like a pretty sucky mom. It's just, I sometimes find myself

trying to avoid catching his attention because if he notices me he'll

start

talkingendlesslyinamonotonewiththewordsstrungtogethersoyoucan'tgetawordin

and I feel like I want to scream. Literally. It's sometimes like a

verbal assault. And of course he doesn't read any cues about cutting

it short, will follow me to the door of the bathroom and talk to me

through the door and even if I directly tell him as kindly as possible

that he needs to stop talking for whatever reason it doesn't even

register with him. He did this with the pizza guy a couple of weeks

ago and I had to laugh because the guy got a panicked look in his eye

and was edging toward his car trying to get away without being rude.

I had to pick ds up and take him into the house so the guy could

leave. So, is anyone else dealing with this and how are you dealing

with it?

[Guest guest]

Whenever I ask Seth to be quiet (or anyhtign else he doesn't want to

hear he says, " But you're my mother! " and " Don't you love me? If you

love me why would you say that to me? " It's kind of unnerving because

he's actually not trying to be manipulative. He just simply can not

grasp how someone who loves him could do something he percieves as

cruel. Like telling him to shut his pie hole. ;-) Luckily he hates

to sing.

Amber

> > With my 15 year old, it's not non-stop talking, but non-stop

> > singing. If I ask him to stop or tell him, his singing is nice but

> > he needs to give his throat a rest, he will say " I can't sing? You

> > don't want me to sing? My family hates me! I can't sing! " For

> > hours and hours that same sentence. I think I'd rather have the

> > singing. Sometimes I will ask him to sing in the other room so I

> > can hear the news. That works. (sometimes)

> >

> When I ask my son to stop talking he usually tells me I'm fired. Over

> and over again. " Mom, you're FIRED! " with the word fired usually

> shouted. Sigh.

>

[Guest guest]

If only it were that easy! LOL

Pat-Mom to Josh and Sara (16 yo and 13 yo, both AS)

trulie888 <aslan888@...> wrote:

>

> With my 15 year old, it's not non-stop talking, but non-stop

> singing. If I ask him to stop or tell him, his singing is nice but

> he needs to give his throat a rest, he will say " I can't sing? You

> don't want me to sing? My family hates me! I can't sing! " For

> hours and hours that same sentence. I think I'd rather have the

> singing. Sometimes I will ask him to sing in the other room so I

> can hear the news. That works. (sometimes)

>

When I ask my son to stop talking he usually tells me I'm fired. Over

and over again. " Mom, you're FIRED! " with the word fired usually

shouted. Sigh.

[Guest guest]

I agree with the others in the group to check out RDI, and in the

meantime, where headphones - you shouldn't feel like you have to be

subjected to torture

BTW, there is a chat about " Ipod Therapy " on the www.rdiconnect.com

chat archives if you want to read it.

April

> > My five year old is hyperverbal. And I don't think that

> even comes

> > close to explaining what it is like. I'm having a harder time being

> > patient lately and I'm not liking myself very much. In fact I'm

> > feeling like a pretty sucky mom. It's just, I sometimes find myself

> > trying to avoid catching his attention because if he notices me

> he'll

> > start

> >

> talkingendlesslyinamonotonewiththewordsstrungtogethersoyoucan'tgetawo

> rdin

> > and I feel like I want to scream. Literally. It's sometimes like a

> > verbal assault. And of course he doesn't read any cues about

> cutting

> > it short, will follow me to the door of the bathroom and talk to me

> > through the door and even if I directly tell him as kindly as

> possible

> > that he needs to stop talking for whatever reason it doesn't even

> > register with him. He did this with the pizza guy a couple of weeks

> > ago and I had to laugh because the guy got a panicked look in his

> eye

> > and was edging toward his car trying to get away without being

> rude.

> > I had to pick ds up and take him into the house so the guy could

> > leave. So, is anyone else dealing with this and how are you dealing

> > with it?

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi. My son is 4.5yo and although he is not hyperverbal, we are

dealing with the incessant retorical line of questioning. Are you my

mommy/daddy/sister? What's your name (to our family)? Are you

driving (while in the car)? Are you eating (during dinner)? Is that

a red light (while stopped at a red light)? Is that a book (while

reading)? Is that my milk (as he is drinking it)? On and on and

on...

It is constant!! I find myself answering no just to see what he does

or ignoring it in hopes of him stopping. He doesn't see the irony

when I say no and then just mumbles to himself for the next 10

minutes because he is confused since he knows the answer. We have a

mumbler..it used to be outloud but somehow we got lucky that the

incessant talking is usually to himself. Don't feel bad, we stopped

listening a long time ago. Just tune it out and be selective when

you have the strength and patience. Sometimes, when my ds is talking

like that, I tell him I am not listening because I am doing X.

Usually, he will say Oh...and go do something else even if it is for

5 minutes...it is a break. Sometimes, I will ask him to go read a

book in the other room. He likes the music books so that calms him

sometimes. Just some thoughts...good luck!

Whitney

>

> My five year old is hyperverbal. And I don't think that even comes

> close to explaining what it is like. I'm having a harder time being

> patient lately and I'm not liking myself very much. In fact I'm

> feeling like a pretty sucky mom. It's just, I sometimes find myself

> trying to avoid catching his attention because if he notices me

he'll

> start

>

talkingendlesslyinamonotonewiththewordsstrungtogethersoyoucan'tgetawor

din

> and I feel like I want to scream. Literally. It's sometimes like a

> verbal assault. And of course he doesn't read any cues about

cutting

> it short, will follow me to the door of the bathroom and talk to me

> through the door and even if I directly tell him as kindly as

possible

> that he needs to stop talking for whatever reason it doesn't even

> register with him. He did this with the pizza guy a couple of weeks

> ago and I had to laugh because the guy got a panicked look in his

eye

> and was edging toward his car trying to get away without being

rude.

> I had to pick ds up and take him into the house so the guy could

> leave. So, is anyone else dealing with this and how are you dealing

> with it?

>

[Guest guest]

You know, Seth went through that phase and he eventually stopped

because whenever he asked a clearly obvious question I would say,

" What do you think? " Not rude, just like I was asking him a question

in return. And eventually he started to say things, " I think you are

reading a book. " and then eventually he stopped. So maybe that would

work for you. I don't know.

Amber

Hi. My son is 4.5yo and although he is not hyperverbal, we are

> dealing with the incessant retorical line of questioning. Are you my

> mommy/daddy/sister? What's your name (to our family)? Are you

> driving (while in the car)? Are you eating (during dinner)? Is that

> a red light (while stopped at a red light)? Is that a book (while

> reading)? Is that my milk (as he is drinking it)? On and on and

> on...

>

> It is constant!! I find myself answering no just to see what he does

> or ignoring it in hopes of him stopping. He doesn't see the irony

> when I say no and then just mumbles to himself for the next 10

> minutes because he is confused since he knows the answer. We have a

> mumbler..it used to be outloud but somehow we got lucky that the

> incessant talking is usually to himself. Don't feel bad, we stopped

> listening a long time ago. Just tune it out and be selective when

> you have the strength and patience. Sometimes, when my ds is talking

> like that, I tell him I am not listening because I am doing X.

> Usually, he will say Oh...and go do something else even if it is for

> 5 minutes...it is a break. Sometimes, I will ask him to go read a

> book in the other room. He likes the music books so that calms him

> sometimes. Just some thoughts...good luck!

>

> Whitney

>

>

>

>

>

> >

> > My five year old is hyperverbal. And I don't think that even comes

> > close to explaining what it is like. I'm having a harder time being

> > patient lately and I'm not liking myself very much. In fact I'm

> > feeling like a pretty sucky mom. It's just, I sometimes find myself

> > trying to avoid catching his attention because if he notices me

> he'll

> > start

> >

> talkingendlesslyinamonotonewiththewordsstrungtogethersoyoucan'tgetawor

> din

> > and I feel like I want to scream. Literally. It's sometimes like a

> > verbal assault. And of course he doesn't read any cues about

> cutting

> > it short, will follow me to the door of the bathroom and talk to me

> > through the door and even if I directly tell him as kindly as

> possible

> > that he needs to stop talking for whatever reason it doesn't even

> > register with him. He did this with the pizza guy a couple of weeks

> > ago and I had to laugh because the guy got a panicked look in his

> eye

> > and was edging toward his car trying to get away without being

> rude.

> > I had to pick ds up and take him into the house so the guy could

> > leave. So, is anyone else dealing with this and how are you dealing

> > with it?

> >

>

[Guest guest]

My 5 yos is always talking. He's so active, it's like his mouth needs to

keep it up, too. Even if he's doing one of his obsessions (Pokemon and

Gameboy) he's still talking, though to himself or the game or the

Pokemon. If he tells us something, it can take FOREVER for the story to

get out..and he can quote a story verbatim, a TV show, a conversation,

whatever. There's no interrupting, he tunes you out, but if for some

rare reason something does distract or interrupt him, he gets really mad

and has to start over. It can be really exhausting at times. He's

extremely verbal, and for that I am grateful, but his mind just gets

ahead of his mouth at times and he'll tell you a story starting with one

word, repeat that one word and add a new word, repeat those two words

and add a third...and so on, sometimes adding an extra word or stuttering...

Wilke wrote:

>

> My ds is really, i don't like to use the word weird, but he is weird.

> He is extremely hyperverbal at home to the point he talks in his

> sleep. Which can be extremely entertaining especially when he is

> ordering food in a dream. Anyway, he is constantly talking about his

> favorite subject of week or video game and he will ask questions like

> what are you doing when he can clearly see what i am doing, or is that

> cat food when i have the can in my hand and the cat clawing at my leg.

> He doesnt really care if you listen or not, i feel bad because a lot

> of times i find myself just saying uh huh without really listening.

> This satisfys him but makes me feel like crap. But in public he will

> not talk to anyone. He cannot order his own food if you send him into

> line to order his food at a resturant he will stand there for 45 min

> letting everyone go around him he wont talk to the librarian and

> heaven forbid he needs to talk on the phone. He acts like he wishes he

> could melt into the floor.

> Does anyone else have this problem and if so how did or do you deal

> with it?

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks. I do that sometimes but not as much as I could/should. My

patience level has been low lately. I know that persistency pays

off with him so if I keep it up, maybe he will get over the phase or

at least rephrase like your son is doing.

> > >

> > > My five year old is hyperverbal. And I don't think that even

comes

> > > close to explaining what it is like. I'm having a harder time

being

> > > patient lately and I'm not liking myself very much. In fact

I'm

> > > feeling like a pretty sucky mom. It's just, I sometimes find

myself

> > > trying to avoid catching his attention because if he notices

me

> > he'll

> > > start

> > >

> >

talkingendlesslyinamonotonewiththewordsstrungtogethersoyoucan'tgetawo

r

> > din

> > > and I feel like I want to scream. Literally. It's sometimes

like a

> > > verbal assault. And of course he doesn't read any cues about

> > cutting

> > > it short, will follow me to the door of the bathroom and talk

to me

> > > through the door and even if I directly tell him as kindly as

> > possible

> > > that he needs to stop talking for whatever reason it doesn't

even

> > > register with him. He did this with the pizza guy a couple of

weeks

> > > ago and I had to laugh because the guy got a panicked look in

his

> > eye

> > > and was edging toward his car trying to get away without being

> > rude.

> > > I had to pick ds up and take him into the house so the guy

could

> > > leave. So, is anyone else dealing with this and how are you

dealing

> > > with it?

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

My son also " fires " me on a regular basis. Although he doesn't talk as

incessently as yours it is maddening enough at times, when he's telling us the

complete cast lists of the latest animated movie, what other movie the cast

member was in, when the movie is due to open, what the critics thought of it

blah blah blah. And if not that its singing, teletubbies, the dreaded

crazy-laugh -- he is never simply quiet. But usually I get fired for turning

off the television and locking it. That is when he really loses control.

Re: ( ) Coping with non-stop talking

If only it were that easy! LOL

Pat-Mom to Josh and Sara (16 yo and 13 yo, both AS)

trulie888 <aslan888@...> wrote:

>

> With my 15 year old, it's not non-stop talking, but non-stop

> singing. If I ask him to stop or tell him, his singing is nice but

> he needs to give his throat a rest, he will say " I can't sing? You

> don't want me to sing? My family hates me! I can't sing! " For

> hours and hours that same sentence. I think I'd rather have the

> singing. Sometimes I will ask him to sing in the other room so I

> can hear the news. That works. (sometimes)

>

When I ask my son to stop talking he usually tells me I'm fired. Over

and over again. " Mom, you're FIRED! " with the word fired usually

shouted. Sigh.

[Guest guest]

>

> My five year old is hyperverbal. And I don't think that even comes

> close to explaining what it is like. I'm having a harder time being

> patient lately and I'm not liking myself very much. In fact I'm

> feeling like a pretty sucky mom. It's just, I sometimes find myself

> trying to avoid catching his attention because if he notices me

he'll

> start

>

talkingendlesslyinamonotonewiththewordsstrungtogethersoyoucan'tgetawor

din

> and I feel like I want to scream. Literally. It's sometimes like a

> verbal assault. And of course he doesn't read any cues about

cutting

> it short, will follow me to the door of the bathroom and talk to me

> through the door and even if I directly tell him as kindly as

possible

> that he needs to stop talking for whatever reason it doesn't even

> register with him. He did this with the pizza guy a couple of weeks

> ago and I had to laugh because the guy got a panicked look in his

eye

> and was edging toward his car trying to get away without being

rude.

> I had to pick ds up and take him into the house so the guy could

> leave. So, is anyone else dealing with this and how are you dealing

> with it?

>This sounds so much like my 7 year old Plus she has trouble focusing

Does your son? Grandmom

[Guest guest]

Our kids crack me up =). Jake will talk anyone's ear right off; about

anything and everything. Does'nt matter who it is or where we are. I'm

not complaining though, because for a long time he wouldn't talk to

many people outside direct family, so this is an improvement. One thing

that does concern me, is many times when he is talking my ear off, he's

making up a wild story totally involved, and gets angry if he thinks

I'm not listening or don't believe him.

Did you know that he and a friend were walking to the store, made a

wrong turn, and ended up in Africa??? Thats where he met Bin Laden, who

would be a lot nicer, but he is bi-polar and isn't on meds like he

should be.

The Hampster God is a whole other story! rofl

We have a court appointment in the morning for my daughter (another

story). I am just hoping that Jake can save his stories for the car

ride and not try to talk the judge's ear off!

Theresa

[Guest guest]

My son Conor talks to everyone too...sometimes it leads to very

inappropriate conversation. We are doing alot of work in our home right now

and he will

talk to all the guys who come into the house. Pam

[Guest guest]

reading your post and the replies has me ROFL!!

My kids and I are SO THIS!!!

Start with me: I guess I give my husband LOOONG monologues every time

he comes home from work or I don't see him for a while!

That is what he tells me. He will kid around with me when I say, " want

to know what I did today? " He will say, " Yes, in 15 words or less! "

He tells people, " I have to go home and listen to my wife's monologue. "

My oldest son goes on and on and onandonandon and on, too! I will tell

him he needs to stop, and I have even seen him walk out of the room,

quietly finishing what he was saying. He has this need to 'get the

information out! "

My middle son is the same EXACTLY except he is the 'story teller'. Now

that he is 11 the stories have decreased but he still tells them. If

it seems unreal I say, " Is this a story ? " to give him a chance

to 'fess up'!!

My youngest has big time processing issues, so he wants to talk on and

on but gets frustrated if there are other noises and he thinks I can't

hear him. He isn't AS persistant, but when he has something to say he

has to say it AND SAY IT NOW!

Very funny!

*smiles*

B

[Guest guest]

Whenever my son starts his " 20 questions " routine about a topic, I

pick out the key word(s)that is in almost all the questions (eg.

Weather Channel) and say: " If you say Weather Channel " again you

have to go to time out. That trips him up for a minute or two. I

can " see " his thought process trying to find a way to talk about the

topic without mentioning the topic!! I feel a little wicked when I

do this BUT .... It stops him for awhile....

I am convinced that my brother-in-law has AS but my husband gets

angry when I say it and he refuses to see the similarities between

the two. I got a chuckle the other day though when my brother-in-

law was visiting. He buys dozens of postcards and takes hundreds of

pictures when he travels in the U.S. (He is a Civil War " buff " and a

member of the Custer fan club (read CLUE!).

He handed me a stack of about 100 cards and pics of his trip and as

I flipped through them he kept a hawks eye on which pic I was

looking at and without invitation, gave a monologue explanation of

each one. I got very aggitated and tried subtly to turn the pics

away so he couldn't see which one I was looking at.

Hour later he hands my husband same stack and does it to him too!!

I caught my husbands eye about 5 minutes into this and just grinned

ear to ear (nonverbal message: Still don't think he has AS??!)

That brother-in-law, all-in-all though, is my favorite.

> >

> > My five year old is hyperverbal. And I don't think that even

comes

> > close to explaining what it is like. I'm having a harder time

being

> > patient lately and I'm not liking myself very much. In fact I'm

> > feeling like a pretty sucky mom. It's just, I sometimes find

myself

> > trying to avoid catching his attention because if he notices me

> he'll

> > start

> >

>

talkingendlesslyinamonotonewiththewordsstrungtogethersoyoucan'tgetawo

r

> din

> > and I feel like I want to scream. Literally. It's sometimes

like a

> > verbal assault. And of course he doesn't read any cues about

> cutting

> > it short, will follow me to the door of the bathroom and talk to

me

> > through the door and even if I directly tell him as kindly as

> possible

> > that he needs to stop talking for whatever reason it doesn't even

> > register with him. He did this with the pizza guy a couple of

weeks

> > ago and I had to laugh because the guy got a panicked look in

his

> eye

> > and was edging toward his car trying to get away without being

> rude.

> > I had to pick ds up and take him into the house so the guy could

> > leave. So, is anyone else dealing with this and how are you

dealing

> > with it?

> >This sounds so much like my 7 year old Plus she has trouble

focusing

> Does your son? Grandmom

>

[Guest guest]

This is so funny to read.

Here I am with a broken foot, and when someone asks what I did, I have

been explaining how I got the broken foot, and the whole " the foot has

28 bones " and which one I broke, and how long it takes to heal. on and

on and on!!

Oops.

hehehehe!

I have to watch that!!

*smiles*

lisa b

>

> Whenever my son starts his " 20 questions " routine about a topic, I

> pick out the key word(s)that is in almost all the questions (eg.

> Weather Channel) and say: " If you say Weather Channel " again you

> have to go to time out. That trips him up for a minute or two. I

> can " see " his thought process trying to find a way to talk about the

> topic without mentioning the topic!! I feel a little wicked when I

> do this BUT .... It stops him for awhile....

>

> I am convinced that my brother-in-law has AS but my husband gets

> angry when I say it and he refuses to see the similarities between

> the two. I got a chuckle the other day though when my brother-in-

> law was visiting. He buys dozens of postcards and takes hundreds of

[Guest guest]

On Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:17 pm, " johnnanchris " johnnanchris@...

johnnanchris wrote:

>

> >

> > My five year old is hyperverbal. And I don't think that even comes

> > close to explaining what it is like. I'm having a harder time being

> > patient lately and I'm not liking myself very much.

Maybe start with either ignoring him or something even more obvious

such as walking away if possible, or turning up the radio in the car.

Our son didn't talk till 39 mos and then began repeating

things/asking questions he knew the answer to e.g.

- is that the car door?

- are we going to the lake to swim?

Like making a declaration into a question instead. We began ignoring

this, which was hard since he just started talking and we were happy

and wanted to encourage him. But the ignoring imo helped him do less

of this quicker, if that makes sense.

Marty

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In a message dated 8/14/2006 8:11:42 AM Eastern Standard Time,

ppanda65@... writes:

and he will

talk to all the guys who come into the house. Pam

hope there are NO yankee fans!!!!

Joanne

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In a message dated 8/14/2006 5:35:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

momwithattitude2@... writes:

and he will

talk to all the guys who come into the house. Pam

hope there are NO yankee fans!!!!

Joanne

Joanne, don't think that isn't the first thing he asks them if they are

Yankee or Red Sox fans. Pam

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- In , " trulie888 " <aslan888@...>

wrote:

>

> My five year old is hyperverbal. And I don't think that even comes

> close to explaining what it is like. I'm having a harder time being

> patient lately and I'm not liking myself very much. In fact I'm

> feeling like a pretty sucky mom. It's just, I sometimes find myself

> trying to avoid catching his attention because if he notices me

he'll

> start

>

talkingendlesslyinamonotonewiththewordsstrungtogethersoyoucan'tgetawor

din

> and I feel like I want to scream. Literally. It's sometimes like a

> verbal assault. And of course he doesn't read any cues about

cutting

> it short, will follow me to the door of the bathroom and talk to me

> through the door and even if I directly tell him as kindly as

possible

> that he needs to stop talking for whatever reason it doesn't even

> register with him. He did this with the pizza guy a couple of weeks

> ago and I had to laugh because the guy got a panicked look in his

eye

> and was edging toward his car trying to get away without being

rude.

> I had to pick ds up and take him into the house so the guy could

> leave. So, is anyone else dealing with this and how are you dealing

> with it?

>Wow I thought my GD was the only one who talked like this she is

also very loud Good to know there are others going through this and

that I am not the only one Grandmom

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