|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| Raising Girls |
| Public online group |
|
|
| |
|
|
my daughter is 18 months, and i am a stay at home mom. 4 years ago i moved here to bristol with my son from a prior marriage. I Have remarried and i had my daughter and made the choice to stay at home with her. I dont have any friends really that i can go out with. All of my family is about 2 hours away. and my sisters in laws well the kids are older and they work. so i dont really see them.I dont have anyone around me so i feel alone.My problem is that when i go to see my family, my daughter does not take to them right away, like my brother or future sister in law. or other family members not including grandparents(she goes to them). they tell me she is not social for her age because she does not get out much, but i do take her with me any place i go, but it is not to meet friends or anything its more like the store or somoething. what can i do to let them know she is ok and will greet them in her own time, with out offending them and me not getting offened back. like i said i dont get out much becuse i dont know anyone here.
|
| Posted by carmen on 06/12/2007 03:01 PM
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| I say you tell them that it is entirely normal, even healthy for a child at this age to show appropriate social anxiety and that she will come around as she is older. It would be much more concerning if she did immediately initiate contact with people she did not know as that would be a sign of a serious attachment disorder. |
| posted by ma2mny on 06/12/2007 03:22 PM
|
|
|
|
|
| I'm also a stay at home mom. And don't have many friends so when our relatives come over she didn't take to them at first. Now she is older and we go out more, I Take her to the libary once a week for story time. Then a playdate once in a while. Try and find other moms with children the same age to set up a playdate. She will take to the relatives when she is ready try not and push her! Good luck. |
| posted by charise on 06/12/2007 03:26 PM
|
|
|
|
|
I had the same thing happen. My daughter who is 8 months old is a Momma's Girl through and through. She cries whenever I leave the room. We see my husband's parents at least once a week but every time I walk away from her and leave her in their care, she cries her little head off. Poor thing. I would say it starts in you ... you have to feel confident that you are doing a wonderful job as a mother and not let people make you feel like she is sheltered. It is very normal for kids to prefer their moms at any age!
It would be healthy for you to get some adult time though ... maybe join a moms group or find local playgroups. Go to story time at the library and chat with other moms ... that's what I did. Good luck. |
| posted by Lindsey on 06/12/2007 03:29 PM
|
|
|
|
|
| thank you for your respone, it does help to know other moms know what i am going thru. i would love to go to play dates but im not sure where they have any in my area. |
| posted by carmen on 06/13/2007 08:29 AM
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
| |  |
| |
|
|
|
