Comments on: First attempts at socialization

By: k

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:49:51 +0000

Good luck, I hope it works out!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:53:29 +0000

Kindermusic sounds like a great idea. Hope it fits for your needs. No need to attend a group if you are uncomfortable.

“to feel is necessary is for Hannah to start socializing with other children around her age”

I think the need to be (play) in a group is not necessary for infants or toddlers. All the while this concept is marketed and sold widely.

Children under the age of 3 years are only really working on their own development. Social-kinds of growth and skills with other-than-family occur more naturally after the age of 3. The group stuff for babies does more for Moms, I think.

By: Heidi @ ggip

Heidi @ ggip — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:38:17 +0000

I hope it does work out. I’m sorry you had such an awkward situation at the other place.

By: Suzie and Lily

Suzie and Lily — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:26:27 +0000

I had Lily in Kindermusic from the age of 18 months until she was 9. They let us go an extra year. We loved it. The one thing that was hard was that other moms would allow their kids to run around the classroom and I would not let Lily do that. So I probably ended up looking like the big bad mom, but I wasn’t going to let her be the one to disrupt the class and teach her that it is okay to behave that way. The public already looks at her as the one who is likely to act up, but she can and did learn how to act in a public setting, and had lots of fun along the way!

By: chyk

chyk — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:12:48 +0000

I do not know about wher eyou live, but around here we have great story times at tehlibrary that we take the kids too (and they are free!). They also have them for age ranges, and since it is also less physical, they are great

By: staying afloat

staying afloat — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:04:44 +0000

It’s so hard when something like a class doesn’t work out, especially when it makes us feel so different. I can still feel the looks I got during soccer when my son was spinning in circles…

I think and hope Kindermusic will be a good choice. Music is so great for integration, and the kids mostly sit in your lap or you move them around.