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I'm excited for the afternoon
A haircut, a few errands, the library, grocery shopping and leaving early. Hooray!
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Re: I'm excited for the afternoon
Nice. I love haircut days.
I took C to the library this morning and she was trying to "read" her books to the other kids sitting at the table. If I had any doubts about her social skills and how she will do in school next, they are now completely gone. lol
I worry about T's social skills a TON. He likes to play by himself, and other than our close friends, he doesn't really play with other kids (that I've observed).
I'm glad I'm not the only one who worries.
C used to play by herself more when she was younger, but now she will seek out other kids. I was only worried because it will be one of the things they will look at when we try to get her into a preschool program at the school near us. She would be what they call a model student for the hearing impaired pre-school program.
Honestly, I feel like you can treat them like you would a puppy. If you want your dog to cultivate good social skills with other dogs, you have to keep exposing them to it, same thing with kids. The more chances they have to be around other little kids AND to see how you are in social situations the better.
This is the part that worries me. We take him out all of the time, and he goes to daycare and plays by himself a lot. The teachers all love him, but I think he's scared of the other kids.
And I'm very socially awkward, so I don't want him to worry about that.
hmmm Well, I think if you are polite and talk to people when out running errands (this can be making small talk with the librarian, grocery store clerk, etc) I still think that helps.
My h is you and it makes sense now that i know his parents. I grew up with a very social, chatty mom and I think my dad was the same way. How old is he again?
He'll be two in a couple of weeks, so I'm blowing it all out of proportion, probably. I should clarify, I do very well in small talk situations, but the minute something becomes familiar, I'm done-zo.
He's also going through a "shy" stage now.
Oh, yeah C did not get so comfortable with other little kids until 3 or 4 months ago. Prior to that she would play with them, especially if she knew them already, but now she will go up to random kids and talk to them. I think he will be fine.
And I think being able to make small talk is important and that is good for your son to see.
I think if he were in any too shy, they would have said something to you by now.
Even since we went to Florida, C would not really respond to the people at Disney when they spoke to her, but now she will chat up repair men and random people at stores telling them about bugs and what not. lol