My almost four year old never plays alone

[Emmabryant123]

Is this normal 😐
It's driving me absolutely bonkers

It was for my DS when he was that age. He’s 10 now and would still rather be around people than on his own eg.he never spends time alone in his room he’d rather be in the kitchen/living room.

Yes, sorry. Another one with a slightly older child who is still the same. He's my fourth and none of the others were like this but he just seems to need to be around other people on a constant basis. He is 8 now and it's no better

It drives me to distraction sometimes.

Talks non stop too. When we are exhausted we just have to tag team

Get pregnant again and give him siblings to play with. It would be strange if a 4 year old preferred to play alone.

Each child is different. My eldest is very sociable and from a young age could not play alone nor do creative play without someone to bounce off (dolls talking to each other and so on).

My middle one from preschool upwards plays independently really well and largely prefers her own company for playing dolls.

My youngest is a mix of both...largely very sociable bit occasionally takes herself off and sits playing alone.

My eldest does now spend time alone playing their tablet but I try and minimise this so it's not a great solution!