Socializing

My 18 months old is scared of other kids. She doesn’t want to play with others and whenever other kid get close she runs away. I am not sure why is this, I was taking her to playgrounds since she was very little. I am so worried. ☹️

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Really? Wow my kid (also 18 mo) is the same and I blamed myself because I rarely took him out to meet other kids, my neighbor baby girl is like 3 months older than him and always tries to greet him and my boy runs away 😮‍💨

Are you saying she was completely fine playing with others before and now suddenly stopped?

Taking her to the playground doesn’t mean your baby will be social. You need to work on it every day and show her how to be nice and give the kids snacks or something to give the baby.

You have to also talk socialize and play with the kids show her that it is safe and fun.

It’s ok…some kids are just a little more shy than others , that’s totally normal. Most kids truly start playing with each other only around 3 years old… so I wouldn’t worry about it ….

Very extroverted social mom here - I've been taking my bubs out and about several times a week since he was 3 months old. He still has a strong aversion to other people and kids. I think every baby is different and some are introverted. I did read that at this age socialization isn't important to them - that seems to come at around age 3. It's frankly a bit weird for me to squire around a little introvert who barely lets me go in public but he is going to be who he is going to be! I'm not worried about him.

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