My DS (3.2) is a happy affectionate little boy, but doesn't seem to bond or play with other kids much. I know it tends to be parallel play for a long time, but am wondering if he should be starting to make actual friends.
We moved to a new city a few months ago and in the old place there were other children that he saw regularly that he did seem to have a bond with - they would look excited to see each other and play together as much as 2 year old can be expected to.
Now there don't seem to be any kids that he does that with. I've made a few new friends with similarly aged children, but he doesn't get excited when we meet up, he mainly just ignores them and plays on his own. He started going to nursery in October and I thought that would give him a great opportunity to make friends but the teacher reports that although he doesn't have any problems with the other children, he doesn't seem to be particularly friendly with anyone.
I'm starting to feel sad for him, but don't know if I'm just overthinking and he'll make proper friends when he gets older. Any words of wisdom? Is there more I could do?