Wito talks a lot.
This trait seems to garner the most attention from friends, acquaintances, and strangers. “Wow! He’s so verbal!” and “He talks more than my daughter/niece/grand-daughter!” are comments made to me on a weekly basis. I, of course, realize that these statements are code for COULD YOU PLEASE SHUT YOUR CHILD UP??
Well, the answer is no. (Unfortunately.) Wito never stops talking. He talks to his friends, he talks to inanimate objects, he talks while he’s playing (usually giving a play-by-play of what he’s doing and/or quoting the Cars movie), he talks while pooping, hell, he even talks in his sleep. If Wito is in the vicinity, you can be assured that he’s jabbering on about something.
A couple of weeks ago, when I literally thought my ears were going to jump off my head and run for the horizon, I looked him squarely in the eye and calmly asked if he could stop talking for 30 seconds. A mere 30 seconds! It couldn’t be that difficult, right? He glanced at me, lip quivering, and earnestly answered, “But I can’t. I CAN’T STOP TALKING, MOMMY!” At that point, I realized he might as well have been an alcoholic talking about the bottle. My son is ADDICTED TO TALKING.
As you can imagine, poor Wita hasn’t experienced a nanosecond of silence since her arrival. As her 11-week birthday approaches, it seems she has adopted the “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” attitude.
Is it possible that Wita might outdo Wito in the chatting-your-ear-off department? If so, LORD HELP US ALL.
p.s. – Today is the last day to vote for Whoorl and Hair Thursday in the Just Spotted OC Blog Awards! Do it for your country! Or my poor, ravaged ears!
sizzle
September 13, 2010 at 7:33 amMaybe someday he’ll just blog it all instead of saying it. Is that good or bad? ;-)
They are both adorable even if they chatter on and on.
Renee
September 13, 2010 at 7:37 amMy son (age 6) keeps talking after i’ve put him to bed. Sometimes,literally for hours. On Sat night, I walked by his room exactly 63 minutes after I had left it, and I could hear him saying: “vrooom…get out of the way, he’s coming!” When he wakes up in the morning, he just continues the story.
So, I’m with you, sister!
Kim
September 13, 2010 at 2:52 pmMy 4-year old daughter is that way. NONSTOP. I swear 80% of the day she doesn’t even take a breath because it would interrupt her non-stop chatter. But when I ask her if she can be quiet – her eyes well up and she gets the “you just broke my heart and ruined my life” look on her face and says something to make me feel like absolute crap for possibly even considering to want a little silence if it means she’s not talking, how could I want her to stop talking, could I possibly be so heartless, don’t I know that her voice is the most pleasant, wonderful sound in all the world??? And, her little sister is already taking lessons and jabbers like a madwoman without any words. So I’m with you, two chatterboxes will make the world such a fun, not-remotely-quiet place.
lori
September 13, 2010 at 3:24 pmYour kids are so cute. I can’t watch the video as I’m at work and they frown on that sort of thing…
One of my nieces was very very very “verbal” as a small kid (still is as a big kid). She would talk herself to sleep. One day when I was babysitting I had a migraine and couldn’t take the talking one minute longer. I have no idea what prompted what I did next but it was the thing that saved my life (that day): I looked at her and whispered her name. She stopped what she was saying and looked at me. “What Auntie?” and I didn’t say anything. Then when she started talking again I whispered her name again, quieter this time. This time she whispered back “What? Auntie? What?” So I just kept whispering her name quieter and quieter and she whispered “what auntie?” back at me, quieter and quieter.
It was silent for a good 30 – 40 minutes before she started talking again. I have no idea why that worked.
Aimee Greeblemonkey
September 13, 2010 at 11:11 pmCUTEST THING EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Trinity(of haiku tofu)
October 4, 2010 at 4:21 pmYour husband has a radio voice.