Please help advise if there is anything wrong with my baby
By paulybg
@paulybg (126)
China
July 22, 2010 1:10am CST
My son is about two and a half years old now. My mother helps us take care of him.
Recently my mother told me that my son would not like to play with other babies and always play all by himself. And she think we need to think about some ways to push him to play with other babies.
But based on my experience, he do like to play all by himself. But when I take him outside, our baby always smiles to other babies. There should be no problem.
I wondered if it is necessary to push a two and a half years baby to play with other babies.
2 responses
@sulynsi (2671)
• Canada
23 Jul 10
When my son was little, he preferred playing by himself. He just was more interested in the toys than the other kids. I took him to drop in centres, and he had playmates but in general his tendency was more individual.
My daughter, on the other hand, was very friend focused. From a young age, she liked to be part of a group or at least with a friend. She's been like that all her life.
Both are now young adults. Both are well adjusted and happy people. They are just different.
I wouldn't worry unduly about it. It wouldn't hurt to keep an eye on him to be sure he's not having any difficulty communicating or having anxiety with other children.
He's probably just got a great imagination that keeps him busy on his own.
Provide him with opportunity for interaction, but don't force him. 
@maean_19 (4655)
• Philippines
22 Jul 10
At this early stage, we cannot really tell if there is a problem or not if the symptom is that your baby wants to play by himself. We can say that there is a problem with his behavior when you notice other violent reactions when you push him to play with others aside from he does not want to play with others alone. Maybe he just do not like it because he is not familiar with them. If other symptoms exists, then there has to be a problem.
