Peer interaction

LadieBug · #1 February 10th, 2012, 10:43 AM

How is your LO in groups of peers?

Jenn218 · #2 February 12th, 2012, 06:24 AM

Lauren does ok. She really doesn't get to spend a lot of time with other kids because she stays with my mom during the day. She mostly ignores kids around her age. She does go to a music class on Saturdays and has one little boy in class that she loves and then she goes to nursery on Sundays at church. I have a couple of friends who have 4 y/o and she LOVES them. She wants to do everything they do.

Nick n Nate's Mom · #3 February 12th, 2012, 11:47 AM

Nate LOVES other kids. It amazes me how he's learned all the kids at his new daycare in just over 2 weeks. He's always going, "Come on Mya, let's pway!" He doesn't freak if someone takes his toys which is nice. He isn't a biter, so that is also a plus.

Jenn218 · #4 February 12th, 2012, 06:38 PM

Lauren pouts if another kids takes her toys. She'll cross her arms over her chest and pouts her bottom lip out. This started after she spent a day with a brat who rips toys out of other kids hands, pushes, and yells MINE!

Nick n Nate's Mom · #5 February 12th, 2012, 07:03 PM

LOL Nate went through the mine stage a year ago...oh the wonders of being at daycare full time. You learn those social rules FAST!

MichelleB · #6 February 13th, 2012, 09:45 AM

Jace is in daycare so he's with other kids all week long. He does really well playing and I'm told he's "friends" with pretty much everyone. He is good about sharing most of the time, but lately he has been not as willing to share certain items, like those ride-on toys.

Besides daycare, most of our friends have kids close in age to Jace and we are part of a parenting group with about 6-8 families with kids who were all born within a few weeks of each other.

We had friends over last night and there were 6 kids total between the ages of 1 and 4. Jace played well with all of them (boys and girls) and even tried to show-off for the other boys by doing things he knows he's not supposed to do (throwing shoes down the stairs for instance) and laughing hysterically about it (and making the other kids laugh too).

Alicia W. · #7 February 13th, 2012, 10:27 AM

Archer isn't around many kids since we don't know anyone here, but my sister's kids do come over most weeks. They are 6 and 4 and with all four of them together things get crazy at times. He does very well, he just gets a little left out because they are older than him, but the 6 year old plays things like ring around the roses with him and he loves that. He was better about sharing, but the more they come over the worse my kids get..... they are pretty bratty.

mindyjean · #8 February 13th, 2012, 10:30 AM

He does pretty good. We have worked a LOT with the 2 boys at home about sharing, and even though Kaedence gets upset when Brayden takes a toy from him, he will just cry, he doesn't do anything like hitting or biting, which is a relief. He is also going through the "mine" stage, but it's more a joke to him because he laughs everytime he says it.

carpediem · #9 February 13th, 2012, 12:58 PM

Zach has always loved being around other kids and right now he's behaving really well too. If he picks on anyone it's one girl.. no matter what group of kids are around he'll zero in on one girl and push her like he can't get anything else out of his head, it's so weird. He doesn't even seem like he's intentionally being mean. He hasn't done it in a while though, so maybe he's getting past that. If someone takes his toy he'll either give it up without a care... or he'll go to bat for it and really duke it out.

momma2marissa · #10 February 14th, 2012, 11:56 AM

Marissa loves being around kids her age. Right now we only go to Kindermusik on Wednesday nights, but she has a blast and plays really well with most of the kids (except this one annoying our year old who runs around like a crazy child and always manages to hit her in the head). I think the class has about 15 children, mostly 4yos and 2yos. She doesn't care if someone takes her toy, but she does like to take toys that other kids are playing with. That usually happens when one kid has like 8 ducks lined up in the ground, she just wants to play too. It's kind of hard to teach her not to take stuff from other kids when the other kids parent is telling their kid to share.

She had a doctors appointment the other day and while we were waiting outside of the lobby she kept saying "hi, how are you?!" to everyone who walked by. She's really opened up to people lately.