How often does your child/ren "interact" with others children?

[Mandymoo]

DD is nearly 3 and extremely clingy and shy (see my thread on that topic!!) - i'm constantly worrying about her interacting with other children and sometimes feel i'm pushing her too much into spending time with other children when she would probably love to just play at home with me.

How often do your children interact with other children ie, play dates, groups etc?

TIA XX

2.4 yo ds sees other kids once or twice a week. He isn't clingy at all, although I am sure this is more luck than design.

Well, he went to Nursery 3 mornings a week, and went to the creche at the gym for an hour or so three times a week, also from the time they were six weeks old he has had a playdate with his antenatal babies once a week.

Because he is and sadly will have to remain an only child I have always been aware that I had to socialise him as much as possible.

in term time I try to socialise with other children 5 days a week (2 or 3 visits to creche, 1 nursery and 2 toddler groups). In the holidays only once a week because ds1 does not like baby things

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at 3 I wouldn't push it .. although take her along to some P&T sessions if you can

over the next few months she'll probably change and want more interaction

from 3.5 to 4 consider a nursery setting

she'll be fine .. she's only little

She goes to nursery one full day a week and we go to p and t group one afternoon a week. Amongst that we would probably meet up with 1 or 2 friends for a playdate - just feel this isnt enough. I also feel like i'm being a pushy mum which i hate

Mandymoo
My dd (almost 4yo) is like your dd, and would be happy staying at home all day just playing with mum.... That's why I wanted her to start at nursery just 2 sessions/week when she was about 3+4months, just so she could get used to being in groups, interacting with others in a group situation. It was hard coaxing her into it and often she didn't go, because there was no way I'd "make" her go. I don't feel that she "has" to interact until she goes to school and I'm quite firm in my mind that I won't force her to go to preschool or similar. We did try dance classes & it was a disaster; she really hated the noise and the group activity. Just not cut out for being a group person (completely unlike her brothers).

Because she has 2 brothers DD plays with them almost every day; but she'd be happy to never play with anyone else. And my childminder has a little girl the same age which DD does refer to as "my friend", but I don't think she means it very much. But for childminder's DD and her brothers DD doesn't have any playmates, certainly she never does playdates with anyone, and she doesn't mind, either.

Maybe it will be a problem when she starts school... but then my intensely social eldest boy will have trouble sitting down at school to do his work, because that won't be social enough for him; you never get a perfect child, I suppose.

FQZ - thanks so much for your reply. I know its to early to be worring about such things but all the other children we know just seem to be ultra sociable!!! Guess i will ease up and take her lead XX