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Anonymous asked in Pregnancy & ParentingAdoption · 2 months ago

Single mom struggling with motherhood?

I'm a single mother. I adopted all of my children through foster care. I am struggling alot in caring for one of my kids. I am an introvert, pretty extreme. I've been an introvert all my life. I never went to one party in college and spent my life alone. I feel I've been a good mother but I'm struggling alot right now with one child. My five year old talks every second of the day and has for the last couple of years. Every second of the day she is making sounds and talking. I ask her to please take a break and stop talking and she continues whispering loudly every second. It's fast speech with no pauses, one sentence goes into the next. I don't enjoy being around her anymore because it's so very uncomfortable to listen to her non stop narration and talking. I'm searching for solutions. I honestly don't think I will ever just get used to it. I sometimes wonder if she would have been better off being adopted by someone else who wouldn't struggle with her hyperactivity so much. But I'm here now and want to do the best I can. Do you have any ideas how I can survive this hard phase of life?

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  • 2 months ago
    Favorite Answer

    Our youngest granddaughter does that too. One of our daughters hummed all the time. It's not an uncommon thing. Can she play in her room some of the time to give you a break? Otherwise try noise canceling headphones for yourself. 

  • L
    Lv 5
    1 month ago

    If you adopted her - DEAL WITH IT.  She sounds like a child who needs attention.  When you're doing your chores..............have her help and then give her some of her own to do.  When you're cooking/baking...............have her help - kids LOVE this.  Make her feel like she's PART of a family unit.  Keeping her busy will help with her hyperactivity.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 months ago

    No well-child checkups? No pediatrician? (None mentioned.) Why not?

  • 2 months ago

    Consult a doctor, a social worker or another professional person. You can't be that dense

  • 2 months ago

    Take her in for some sort of counseling, get her evaluated & find out why she does this.  There could be a name for this & specific treatment.  Get a diagnosis as to why she is a constant talker.  She could be bipolar, could be a symptom of schizophrenia, it could be pressured speech &  something important to fix.

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