Comments on: Blind (Play)Date, Part 2

By: Amysilverman

Amysilverman — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:54:19 +0000

To be honest, I wasn’t there the whole time — my husband was overseeing the girls while I took Annabelle and a friend to a festival. But I was there for a while, and Sophie and the girl really got along well. They got several board games out, had a snack Sophie had picked out at the farmers market that morning, pulled half the toys out of the bins in the play room, spent some time on our rock wall (under close supervision!)… When Sophie balked at something I asked her to do, the girl was able to cajole her. They had a nice time. That said, Sophie and her best friend still have the closest relationship — and this play date did convince me to try having other kids over, too. I think part of the problem has been that when Annabelle is home the girls tend to flock to her and Sophie doesn’t get left out completely, but it does change the dynamic. One on one seems best, at least for the first few play dates. Hope that helps!

By: TUC

TUC — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 02:51:30 +0000

I haven’t done many playdates but that does strike me as a bit odd. What I would really love to hear more about are the details of the actual playdate. What did the girls do? Was it totally fun to watch Sophie enjoying time with her friend? Would you have this kid over again?

By: starrlife

starrlife — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 21:21:08 +0000

So many things I worry about for nothing…. We have lots of playdates and since it’s such a small town everyone knows about the DS issue but I certainly have worried about what might happen on a playdate. And I’m with you about the talking to people I don’t know to try to make plans- must be my least fav activity.

By: amy

amy — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:36:58 +0000

elizabeth you are so right!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 05:21:38 +0000

That is one crazy play date story. I’ve had both extremes – one play date the mom stayed the entire four hours, which was cool. And I’ve had one girl show up on our doorstep after dark, walkimg the neighborhood in her bare feet looking for someone to take her in. Her Mom’s never even seen my house. I’m somewhere in between. But I would never show up a half hour early, and tell my kid they get to choose when to be picked up, and then not show up later. Well, at least Sophie had a good play date! Just think, if you hadn’t cleaned your house this woman would of course have needed to go inside to pee!