This can’t be good 🫤 Long post

I think it’s a face they go through bc they want someone to play with them and all that! My soon to be 4 is the same and he has a little sister that’s a year and a half and he still wants me all the time! But when we go out I try to help him make friends with other kids and he’s getting better at learning how to play with them or alone

Honestly mama, at this point in his age, he needs other children to grow with and learn with. As the main person providing all care it’s hard to give all our time with them and although learning to play alone is beneficial- there comes a time (whether it’s solo play or just with one person all the time) when it can be detrimental to their mental growth & wellbeing. I would recommend finding a playgroup with other kids or somewhere where he can go play with others several times a week. He may be desperate, in a sense, for more companionship than you yourself can provide alone and it’s so very important at this age for children to be with others so they can learn social dynamics. You can usually find mom groups in your area on FB and maybe use that outlet to set some play groups up. Best of luck!

Uh...vaccinate your kid then. The benefits highly outweigh the risks and the poor child obviously needs socialization.
Are you just planning to keep him home forever?

Thank you Erika and Esperanza, I agree I feel that it’s a phase but also it’s something he’s missing that he’s looking for, that unfortunately I can’t give him no matter how much time I spend with him. I just see so many other children play alone, his little cousin is 2 and she’ll play with him for a while and then even she branches off and plays alone, but my child is like “mommy play with me, mommy sit on the floor with me”

girl out of this wholeeee long post THATS the part you chose to comment on smh . I’m choosing not to give him the flu vaccine which by the age of 5 it’s no longer required so he will be in school. He gets hrs of social time a day whether its at the park with other children or the library with other children his age, because he does toddler time there 2X a week or even at his grandma house he has plenty of cousins around his age, he’s also in gymnastics which is for 3-5yr olds and he’s the only child that wants their parent In there with them, so uhmm I’m sure he gets more than enough socialization . My only point is that even when we’re out with other children while he’s playing he still needs me there playing or interacting with him while he’s playing with the other kids . THAT was the point of this post, which I see went straight over your head .

Yes. That is what I took away from your post. Seems like your entire life would be easier if your child could go to school, but you won't allow that to happen because...why? Make it make sense.

Interesting, my son is in preschool and he didn't have to get his flu shot... Just other required shots.

You’re doing your child and yourself a disservice by keeping them home.
You’re stunting their emotional, social, and educational development bc you’re scared of the flu vax.

BIG YIKES.