playdates
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Anonymous
| Quick question: I have 2 kids and recently had 2 playdates. The first was with a mother with an only child, she was intense and talked with me the entire time while our kids played together. The second, was with a mom of 3 kids and her youngest was 18 months. She was following her youngest around, while I watched my DD/her DD and her son was off somewhere where another mom was keeping an eye on him. I talked to her for a total of 15 minutes while we were there for the 2 hours. She also knew other parents there as well since she has an older kid. Does all this seem normal? |
Anonymous
| Why are you looking for a problem? |
Anonymous
| I think both sound normal. |
Anonymous
| Yes, both normal. Not sure what your concern is. |
Anonymous
| Everything sounds normal except you |
Anonymous
| People have different personalities and life situations, so yes, you'll have different experiences interacting with different people. |
Anonymous
| This sounds great. Both moms were doing what they could do to make the playdate happen for their child. |
Anonymous
| Don't understand what the issue is. Both seem totally normal. I was much more talkative when I just had one kid, and especially if my kid was old enough not to have to be followed around all the time. I was less so when I took my older one to a playdate or had people over when my second kid was a toddler and was getting into things and had to be supervised (and frankly, I was happy to get a bit of a break and didn't need to talk the whole time!). |
Anonymous
This should be a sticky post in every DCUM forum category. |
Anonymous
| Question for OP - which of those do you think is not normal? I've been both of those hosts - sometimes both kids are occupied and I can chat with the visiting mom, sometimes my younger one is acting a little crazy, and I need to follow her around. With my 6 year old, about half of the playdates we've hosted have been drop off. |
Anonymous
| Looking for problems or reasons to be offended. |