My child hates your child

[MommaGee]

Especially if your child is nice and friendly and playfandand wants to be friends.

2 yo son, at play groups with kids his own age its studied indifference and tolerance. Today with friends friendly 10 mo its but full melt down if he so much as looks at him, touches him or his toyed etc.

At home he's great, on the bus etc when they can't get to him he is fine but as soon as we're out he's miserable. I feel like everyone must want to avoid us because I have the grumpy cryey baby. And I know 2 isn't a baby but he's a young 2 and is still very much a baby/toddler than a toddler/little boy

I feel like people are going to start avoiding us and he'll never have friends and be lonely abc miserable apart from us who he'll live with until we die

It's perfectly normal! Try not to put your own judgements about how he ''should'' be and just do everything you can to help him to feel more comfortable.

Going swimming with a friend could be nice as you're physically quite separate managing your own child in the water. Or going out for lunch in highchairs across the table. Give him the distance he needs from touchy feely children until he feels more comfortable

Omg DD is like this! I thought is was just her She's 14 months and hates every child she meets, especially the affectionate ones. Nursery say she's very "independent"... My friends with DC think she's a miserable monster!
I've spoken to the HV and nursery about it, and apparently it's nothing to worry about, not all children are sociable and she'll accept other people eventually, but it is hard, I'm with you there!

Yes to the miserable 👹 I constantly wonder why our friends want to hang out. We go for coffee and their kids play nice and mine sits with me or alone.
Too much of a fuss to take him swimming as he'scon o2 but we've done a few crafty things in the together but apart form. It just highlights how different he is. Not that different is bad but I worry that it will leave him sad