Does your Toddler have play dates? How do they react around other children? Do they actually play yet?


..BTW...it's so hard for me to think of Caleb as a Toddler, heck I still think of Grace as a toddler and she's really a preschooler. LOL

[Vincent'sMommy]

Yeah, I don't have a toddler yet.

We have occasional playdates with some of the people from my moms group. There are several moms that I don't really know that well but who are really nice and we get along well. He does pretty well around other kids but is kind of indifferent to them - still just wants to explore the spaces and toys independently. But if a bigger kid shoves him or takes a toy or something he doesn't get upset at all.

Oh, one of the playgroups we were at is going to be featured in a local magazine that comes out on Oct. 5! I'm hoping they got a good shot of V in there.

[Karlie]

Most of our playdates are with kids Noah's age. I do have one friend with a baby the same age as Luca but she just sits in her stroller and smiles, whereas Luca is off doing everything that the big kids are doing.

[Jule'sMomInOR]

Yep, I joined a mom's group through the hospital where I had Juliana. The only regular play group I can attend because of my work schedule is the book club that meets once per month on Saturdays. Babies play while moms chat about books. They have lots of impromptu play dates, though. I think we go to almost one per week. Juliana does great playing with the other babies. She pretty much forgets about me. Juliana even does great at the gym childcare because she loves playing with the other kids there. She's a social butterfly. She doesn't even cry when kids takes toys from her, just looks at them like "Why would you do that?" She does her share of toy stealing from what I've seen.

[nevergivingup]

Aidyen loves playing with other kids his age and even the older kids. We don't go on many playdates but I'm going to start more with a couple girls from my church

[Hollybear]

Originally Posted by HMC

Does your Toddler have play dates? How do they react around other children? Do they actually play yet?

Yep! She really doesn't react any different, she's been around the same group of baby friends since she was about 4 months old (gaining a few here and there) so she's used to everyone. She does have "favorites" I think. Most of the time they just pass their sippy cup around and run around like crazy, following each other haha

LOL Caleb will scream if a toy is taken away from him. He doesn't really play yet, he is more like the otheres here, he just likes to crawl around and explore.

Michele..I think that you and I are OK still calling them babies until they start walking! LOL

[starrsgirl]

Emmetts play dates are a disguise for my study sessions. One of my classmates/friends has a 2 year old boy so we quiz each other on physiology while the boys throw things around. E does well with others but he tends to be more of a studier and observer. And if there are books...forget about it....apparently he sits and reads by himself for almost my whole 90 min workout time!!

[sfarrow3]

Yeah London plays really good with other kiddos. She will defiantly show major attitude when something is taken from her by the other kids though.

[CutlassDiva]

We are just starting to do a couple of these with a local meetup group now that I am home during the day....

[Wren]

We go to playgroups at the library which are pretty chaotic. Stella pays attention to other kids, but mostly to steal their toys or poke at their faces. She doesn't do any sustained playing with other kids, but she does have some kids that she recognizes and likes. Even from early on she has always roamed far from me and doesn't seem phased by chaos, but I need to arrange some small play dates instead of these 20 baby mosh pits at the library.