Becoming aware of "friends"??

[Marigold2]

The local librarys often have story time. My daughter made friends there many years ago. Do you have any friends that have children his age? Perhaps you can invite some moms over for coffee and cake and playtime. Then everyone can take turns at each others houses. When my kids went into daycare they caught lice and colds, mom's playtime was good for me.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Bless him - at least you know you have an outgoing and friendly young man there so when he does start mixing with other kids you will have a yard full of friends all the time.

Big hug to the little guy from his PT friends

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

I feel your pain.....one thing I REALLY miss about Bahrain is the awesome group of "new" Moms I was part of - plus there were two different softplay groups that we went to every week, and in between we would often arrange playdates.

Are there ANY other Mums close to you with similar-aged kiddies to Tyler? I only have two other Mums who I have hit it off with here, and both their kids are 6 months older than Cali (which is a HUGE) gap at her age

Every week we take turns to "host" from 9:30 to 12 on a Thursday. We just have coffee and cake, plus finger food snacks for the kiddies. Even although it's only two other kids, at least Cali gets to mix a bit with them, and also when it is at the other kiddies houses, she has some "new" toys to play with.

Maybe you should take the lead and set something up yourself?

[Logan]

Missy, I know that "church" can be a sensitive subject to some, and I don't know what your religious affiliation is, but Tyler might benefit from a Mother's Morning Out program, sponsered by a church, which would provide him with immediate socialization and "friends" to play with. Most that I am familiar with are available 3 days a week, for about 3 hours.

It would give you a little break to run errands or just rest, and he would be in a supervised, loving environment.

I was never able to utilize a MMO program because Helen was in daycare all day, since I worked fulltime, but right now, my parents keep my 9 month old nephew, every day, and he is going to start going, 3 mornings each week, to allow them to do other things, and provide him with the opportunity to play and interact with other children, his age.

With best intentions,
Logan

[Sirrahsim]

Logan, I have NO problem at all with church groups! Every Sunday evening we get together with a small group of families and Tyler gets to play while we have Bible study. There are church daycares and things around here but even they charge a lot.
I guess I could ask around at church about setting up a playgroup but I feel so awkward doing that. I am the youngest Mom in our group (I'm 22!) so it just seems wierd for me to be the one to arrange something like that.
Come to think of it one of the moms did tell me about a group that meets once a week to let the kids play and the moms chat but we only have one car so I usually can't get out there!!

I would NEVER trade in my opportunity to be a stay at home Mom for my kid(s!) but I sure wish that there were more resources in this area!!

[moosmom]

When Amy was an infant (some 31 years ago), all the ladies that I met at the park with young kids, would get together at their homes. Each week it would be a different mom's house, while the kids got together and had a ball! I guess nowadays it's called a play group. *sigh* *sings* "Memmmmmmorriiieeeeess."

How times have changed.

[angelbow20]

Awww I know exactly how you feel.. My son Aiden does the same thing, He always wants to go play with kids but there isnt any around his age so he never has kids to play with and I feel so bad for him...