Wish My Child Had Playmates His Age

Updated on March 09, 2007
J.C. asks from Albany, NY
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My son is 14 mths old, but my husband and I are only 22. We dont really know many other people with children and so Aaron doesn't get much interaction with other kids. He is extremely outgoing around adults but is very awkward around other children. He avoids them if he can but sometimes when he's in the nursery at church there is another child in the room, and then he is overly 'social', and often frighten the other child. I wish there was a way to allow him to have more interactive time with children his age.

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Thanks so much for all the advise. I joined a meetup group and my son and I are looking forward to our first event tomorrow.

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A.E.

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I also am staying home with my nearly three year old and five month old. This summer when I began staying home with them I quickly discovered I couldn't keep my very active toddler busy on my own. I did some searching and found the MOMS Club. This is a group of women and some men like ourselves looking for social interaction for our children and ourselves. This group allows a variety of venues for our children to get together from in home playgroups, to library, and other public areas. The cost is only $20 a year and you can go to as many or as few activites that you want. Each month we create a calendar of events for nearly every day of the work week. If this sounds like something you would be interested in message me and I will get you in touch with the membership people.

A Little About Me:

I am 26 years old and mother of two beautiful little girls, Katelyn nearly 3, and Lyndsey 5 months. I have been married to my high school sweetheart for 3.5 years.

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J.P.

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have you thought about trying community centers or a daycare program that you could do a couple of days a week where he would have to interact with other children. like the ymca. you have to pay a membership fee for that once a month you could get some alone time and do something there. some of them have i think free childcare while you workout or swim or something. just a thought. but its something you could check into.

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J.W.

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My Son is almost 2 and doesnt have many playmates either. He seemed to be doing ok until recently he started with everything is his. He used to share everything but now if u ask him to see something or play with his toys with him he says mine. When he's at his dads he plays with another boy a mnth older than him but not often. I'm 24 and my friends have kids but there at least 6 mnths younger than Alexzander and they arent as deveolped as him I dont want to sound mean or bragging but Alex is very start and talks alot and comprehends alot more than the children he's around. I would love to start a play group when the weather gets nice maybe at a local park or something. Let me know if any moms in the area are interested

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D.S.

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http://www.meetup.com

I am currently in a few Mom's / Play groups there, the most active one being the Capital District Moms Meetup Group. If you'd like to meet friends for yourself or for your little one and get out of the house I strongly suggest this as the safest way to meet a stranger. We just attended our first function and had an absolute blast!! Check it out.

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