Is it mean that I sometimes tell my five yr old that she talks a lot?
Or is it weird that she *never* stops talking?
Three biggest times I hear her yacking away to me when I am striving for silence is: during meals [talking instead of eating and getting angsty because she wants a response from me but I just want to eat,] while I am driving [I either listen to an audible book or nothing at all.. just how I am relaxed while driving - but I certainly don't enjoy chatting a bunch while driving,] and when I am on the phone. I have to go upstairs and leave her with toys downstairs because every time I am on the phone she is tugging at my shirt asking me questions or telling me stories.
I love my kid to death, but damn, she talks a lot.
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