DH thinks I'm over-thinking and I am pretty sure he's right, but I just need to sense-check and see if anyone else worries the same as me or if I'm just bat-shit crazy.....
DS is 3 (just). Very happy, confident, bubbly, cheeky etc..... goes to nursery a couple of days a week and really enjoys it. Nursery has never said anything other than he is a happy child. BUT, I have a recurring worry that he has no friends (I don't know if he does or not, it's just a worry I have). Do the other children ignore him, or do they play with him? I heard him asking his (older, 6) cousin the other day 'Can I play?' and cousin said 'no'. Broke my heart (although I'm assuming this is quite normal to be shunned by an older kid?!). Earlier I heard him say to another toddler 'Do you like me?'
I'm sure these questions are all part of normal development but for some reason this plays on my mind. I think it's because I didn't have a huge amount of friends at school and that, as a kid, could be a lonely time. I'm quite a loner (just much prefer my own company, it's never bothered me as an adult) but I worry that somehow by 'default' I'll pass this trait onto him and he'll be miserable/sad or something.....
This is my first child so do other parents worry the same? I don't 'show' these concerns to him of course, they are fully internalised!!! But I just want to know quite how much of a wally I am so I can start to mentally prepare for the teenage years now......