dd doesnt really have any kiddy interaction....should i be worried?

[bourboncream]

dd is 14m now and due to my hrs at work i cant attend any of the groups that are on (although judging what ive heard about how they can be maybe its not such a bad thing) The only interaction shes had with other kids is the odd trip to the local soft play centre....
Id love to make mummy friends with kids of a
similar age but i dont know how i could find any more hours in the day!? its not that i work alot of hours, i work until 2 6days a week starting at 830, it just seems to be:get up,sort out dd and myself, go to work,come home,feed dd, play, dinner,bath, bed, clean and bam there goes another day! i live in Spain too so its not like theres a hell of alot of choices of groups for english etc and i dont drive which makes everything a bit crap as dp is at work alot and he has the car

someone said the other day not to worry, all kids need until they are 3 is their mum and dad then they start preschool and its all easy from then.......i cant help but think im damaging her in some way though by not giving her any social interaction with kids of her own age.....any thoughts???? thanks

[bourboncream]

oh and i forgot to mention that she is an only child and mil looks after her or dp if hes not working when i am.

[bubblagirl]

i didnt go to alot of groups well hardly any really but did invite friends round for an hr with there dc and my ds is ok he has delayed speech but been assured this is not due to anything i have done or lack of interraction with other children as he has friends round soft play sounds good they dont need to interact all day every day wth others if your playing games then all is well if you want more for her invite people round

my ds always plays well with others and doesnt shy away so hasnt done him any harm

[bubblagirl]

i think as parents we worry were not doing enough but as long as they are being interracted with there will be no problem and maybe just find an hour you could pop her to play group or have someone round i nevr stay for whole session if i dont have time long enough to play and small talk and thats us done lol i'm never comfortable there as quite clicky even with hard effort made to fit in

so dont panic you sound like you are doing fine by the time she is 2 half you can enroll her in preschool anyway

[itwasntme]

Whereabouts in Spain are you? There may be some English speaking groups around. I live in Barcelona, and there are some groups of English-speaking parents who meet up in the afternoons here.

Do what the locals do, take your dd to the park every afternoon. Here people start to congregte around 5 and dd has made loads of friends that way.