Anyone not take their baby to 'Under One's' groups?

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My first baby went to under ones and then to toddler group each week.

I think it helped prepare him for nursery and preschool, but maybe he'd have been fine without.

My second child is now a year old and I've never taken him to socialise. It's looking like I possibly won't be able to easily, and I'm wondering if there's anyone else out there who didn't and yet their kids socialised just fine anyway?

We've got a huge extended family which he sees quite a lot of but they're not his age group. And obviously he has his older sibling at home, but I'm wondering if I am by doing him justice.

Any thoughts?

Me, I didn't get on with most of the other mums when I tried it with #1 so I went twice and jacked it, with the subsequent 3 I never bothered and mine are all fine. I find the mums really prissy and mine play with the kids in the street anyway from about 3 or 4 onwards.

Did try a couple of 'groups' but wasn't my cup of cha really. Dd adored 2 afternoons at nursery from quite early on and social skills are fantastic.

I've never taken DS1 or DS2 to anything like that. Actually, no, that's a lie. When DS1 was about one, I went along to a local group but found it far too cliquey and I never went back. Both have regularly attending nursery since the age of 1.5/2 for 15 hours a week, and that's been great for them.

I wish I had done more, but I've never had anyone else (another adult) to go along with and hate going to clubs/groups where everyone already knows each other and are friends and I just feel like the newbie that nobody wants to get to know

i did with dd (dc1) but it was mainly for my benefit (to meet other mums/ get out of the house) - dd just bumbled around, they don't play with each other at that age do they..
i don't seem to have time now with pre school run etc so i haven't done anything with ds (dc2). he seems fine so far i don't think they really need other kids till about 2.5 -3 years.

I've never taken any of mine to anything and it hasn't hampered them in the least. They don't really learn social skills until they're three or so anyway and by that time they're starting nursery school.