Maximizing social interaction for LO

Socialworkgirl · March 2013

What things do you do to make sure your LO gets enough social interaction with other kids since he or she is an only child? Are there any other things you do to minimize or address any possible negative components of being an only child?

This is one of my first posts on this board so I will introduce myself too...

I am a Stay at Home mom for the time being but plan to go back to work in the nonprofit sector in a few years when DD goes to preschool. I lurk more than I post because I seem to always find myself on TB when I am holding DD while she sleeps or feeding her and not in a position to type. I'm looking forward to getting to know y'all though!

Tink112011 · March 2013

I work FT (non-profit - Hello!), and I just adore DS's daycare. Picking a good daycare when you go back to work and it will be a 1aD mom's best friend.

DS gets so much social interaction and has so many little friends 5 days a week, but on t

luckymrs718 · March 2013

Welcome!

To answer your question... we both work full-time, but have worked things out so that DD is home with hubby on Wednesdays and me on Fridays. MIL watches her the other 3 days and she is around her older cousins there as well.&nbsp

DLo13 · March 2013

Hi - we have our daughter in a music class and a gymnastics class - each are once a week. This is in addition to going to the playground/park and seeing her cousins once in a while.

I work out of the house 3 days a week, workin

danieliza1127 · March 2013

I work full-time so my LO is at an in-home daycare. He's crawling now so he's in the area with the other toddlers who are about 1.5 and 2 years old, so he plays with them a lot which I think is great. Also my best friend has an 18 month old an

missymo · March 2013

Right now we do storytime at the library once a week and she plays with her cousins approx. once a week. We are starting a wee scholars program, which is basically mommy and me preschool, in the fall.

After that we will put her in preschoo

sugarbear0524 · March 2013

My son is in daycare, and he loves it. I foster relationships with his cousins, 6 of whom live in the same city as we do. We are very involved in our church and he plays with the kids in the nursery while we are in worship services or other event

zeptattoo · March 2013

Right now he is at an in-home daycare but he is transition to pre-school in the fall. Otherwise we go to parks, have swim classes, etc. The options have openned up a little more now that he is older and I plan on taking advantage of what I can

Sonadora · March 2013

B is in daycare and we enroll her in one weekend thing a quarter. Right now it's swim lessons, last quarter was tumbling. She stayed home her first year of life and I just didn't really find the social interaction thing important before then, but we did d

carrotsoup70 · March 2013

I worry about this. We live out of state from all of our family so there isn't much interaction for LO. I have decided to wait until he gets his 6 month shots to get him really involved socially with anyone. There is only one child on my block that is any

angelashly · March 2013

I work full time so she is in daycare, but even outside of that she goes with me to the gym so she can go in their childcare and we hang out with a group of friends who almost all have kids.

MySweetBaboo · March 2013

Hi! I currently work full time so she has always been in daycare and preschool. She also goes to gymnastics and her cousins are her age, so she plays with them. We also do playdates with friends. The park is nice too. All the children seem to interact

abs05 · March 2013

I'm a SAHM. We do Mother's Day Out and Little Gym once a week, speech therapy twice a week, and playdates whenever we can fit them in. We are very lucky to live in a neighborhood where there are tons of kids under the age of five so we both ge

Fianschneid · March 2013

DH and I both work full time so DD goes to daycare. It has been great for her.

On weekends, I take her to a toddler music class and this summer I'm going to try to sign her up for tumbling or swimming through the park district.

We don't h

firewife9278 · March 2013

DH and I both work FT, so DD goes to a really fantastic daycare (we call it school). My coworker's daughter (just 3 weeks older than DD) is in the same class, so she gets to see her little BFF in and out of school since we gtg outside of work too.

robynlesley · March 2013

DS had some developmental delays, among them in social/emotional category. So when services with EI started (at just age 2), I also sent him part-time to a daycare/preschool setting. I worked part-time then, so it was only for socialization. And

Kgirly · March 2013

I WAH part time, so some weeks I send DS to an in home daycare for a day. Even on the weeks he doesn't go to daycare, we attend our local library storytime, go to multiple playdates, and most often he's in a local rec program (art class, music cl

MelissaInKS86 · March 2013

We both work FT (non profit sector as well!) so she is in daycare M-F most weeks. We love the center that she is going to and has made "friends" with the other kids there and she seems excited when we drop her off in the morning. I know they engage her in

bluejetta · March 2013

Well I work part-time so DD is in a family daycare 3 days a week though most of those kids are 2 or 2.5 so a bit older. We go to a weekly music class that is mixed ages, we go to an indoor playspace in the winter that is for 0-6yrs and most are i

Ms.Jade · March 2013

She takes a music class through our city on Mondays, and goes to the library for story time on Fridays with our play group. We do as many playgroup activities as possible.

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