Dd 15 months “plays” with 3 year old.

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Okay Sorry posting this in the wrong place I know. It’s nearly 8am and I’m in bed with a bit of time on my hands (unusually)
I have no one really to talk to about all this and It’s so tricky because you can just sound like that mum. I’ve posted about her before.

I’m wondering about my dd she’s nearly 15 months but actually the “playing” has been going on since she was around 13 months. I can’t find any information on toddlers playing this early with others. Mostly I’m reading about parallel play near others, but in solitude.

Examples of the interactions, laughing, crawling after each other chasing, playing peekaboo behind furniture,my dd loves to be dragged backwards downstairs or held upside down (this is all safely supervised!) dd and 3 year old friends sons play. She’ll giggle and laugh, and crawl back waving her feet at him to drag her around.

My dd seems so old for her age, she has a long attention span, always has done from a very young age. She’s very patient, weirdly so. She will offer toys to other children and seemingly “share” her own toys (even though I thought that isn’t possible for her age) I don’t want to drip feed with different examples myself detailing my own thread.

So basically does anyone else have a similar experience? I’m worried about her as she seems so different to her peers. It may seem positive now but worried about her not connecting with children her own age. Thanks

So lovely to read

Sounds very much like my twins who have played together from a very young age, under 1! So it sounds normal to me :)

'Playing' peekaboo and physical games with adults and older children is completely normal, it sounds like they are having a lovely time.

Actively 'Playing' and engaging with other children of the same age i.e. 'Let's make the mud kitchen into a cafe, I'm going to be the cook and you can buy my cake' usually comes later, at around age 3.

This is really normal. My almost 2yr old has been in nursery since he was 14 months, and will give toys to crying children, give them cuddles and tell the carers that X child is sad.

He also runs around with my friends almost 5 year old and has done for months they play chase, hide and seek etc.

I have a lovely video of DD2 sitting in a highchair, playing a peekebo game with DD1. They must be about 7months and 2years old. I think with two young siblings, close in age, these relationships are normal (but lovely to observe). They are each others constant companions.

The fireworks start when they are school age! (And I'm half dreading the teenage years!)

My son is 23 months and plays and engages better with older children and just tolerates playing around children of his own or similar age really. Like PP have said the older children tend to engage the younger children better and play in a way that engages the younger child. No concerns about toys being 'stolen' etc. That's just my limited experience.

It's perfectly normal for them to play with an older child or adult like that, would be less common for them to play like that with a child the same age... that's where the parallel play comes in

My 14 month old plays with his big brother (2.8) its quite normal I think! My 2 play chasing games, peekaboo, play trains together etc. It’s nice to be able to occasionally sit down and have a cup of tea while they entertain each other.

My memory is hazy too, but I clearly remember 20 month old DS pushing DD (3) off a chair he wanted!

10 month old

Thank you all! plus everyone’s in a good mood today. :) hope you’re all well xx