Hi
My ds is 7 and an only and for some time I have felt really bad about the fact that he doesn,t have siblings, or any cousins of his own age to play with.
I live in a area where you probably just see children going past the house but not actually playing near our house that he could run out to and mix in with.
I have always been a shy mom a real curse for me and I don,t really have any mom friends, I have recently managed to pluck up the courage to arrange playdates for my ds and have gone out of my way during these 6 weeks summer holidays to have school friends over to our house and have even taken the odd one out for the day with us.
I generally have to do all of the chasing with people I usually text them as I find it easier, but nobody ever gets in touch with me and hardly ever returns a playdate or suggests any get togethers.
I feel so sad that I would have to keep doing this if my ds is to have anyone to play with at all, and I find it a strain to be the only one that seems bothered about doing it.
I have terrible regrets about my ds being an only but have been unable to have any more dc's for various reasons.
I have become aware also that many children seem to have a good network of friends whether in their neighbourhood, or within the family and I feel awful that I don,t have that for my ds.
Just wondering if I am alone in feeling like this or is this all in my head as my dp seems to think it is.
He also thinks I have gone over the top with playdates during the holidays, but its only because I am aware that if I didn,t do it my ds would basically never see another child the whole of the 6 weeks.
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chocaddict · 25/08/2008 20:41
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