Girls

Nonstop talking must be a girl thing. Chloe talks nonstop!!!! We were at a graduation party last night and Chloe talked to everyone. At one time I looked over and she was still talking but no one was listening to her. It didn't even phase her that she was talking to the wall. How do you get her to stop? I have watched her before talk to someone for 30 minutes straight and never pause for air. And sometimes if she starts running out of things to say, she uses tons of filler words! "Um, Mommy... Mommy... I think... Mommy... Mommy... Did we... um... is that a donkey? Oh, wait... I mean... I saw a yellow bird...." The girl literally talks just for the sake of talking. Even if she has nothing to say, she has to be saying something.

So, I have no special tricks or such to fix this. I am open to suggestions!!!! Right now, I simply tell her that I need 5 minutes of no talking- which usually gets me 2 minutes. And I admit, in the car sometimes I just turn the radio up louder :) You know you've done it too! Or I have her to go tell it to Logan. Poor kid. Hopefully he's not a talker or the insanity will set in. Like I said, I'm open to suggestions!

ReDiscovered

Ok, so I pretty much had abandoned this blog because I didn't think anyone read it. But a friend sent me a message asking for it to be updated. I promise to update this site regularly if you promise to start leaving comments so I know you are reading it! If we've never met, PLEASE leave a comment! I would love to get to know you!!!

So here is this week's tip. This is something that has saved my sanity and kept me from tossing Chloe out the window. She has more energy than the average kid and it does get on my nerves at times. Energy doesn't just cease to be, it needs an outlet. So when I see Chloe on the verge of losing self control and going crazy, here is my new trick: I make Chloe sit down and fold her hands in front of her face. Then I tell her to focus on squeezing her hands as tight as she can. When she has done that, I tell her that while still holding her hands in front of her she is to focus on keeping her self control. Sounds crazy and sounds too easy to be true. I was skeptical at first. I mean, have you met my daughter? Or my husband? The time she spends squeezing her hands uses energy but also seems to calm her. The first 5 times we tried it we did it at home so that if it failed, no one was around to witness it. But it worked! Then I got really brave and tried it in public. Again, it worked! I don't know how long this will last, but until I find the next trick this one is a good one!