We were suddenly struck by the realisation that apart from us,
Shantanu doesn't know anyone and is seriously lacking social interaction. It's
been 3 weeks now since we started taking Shantanu to a playgroup called Tumble
Tots. This is the only outing where he gets to interact with tots his age.
He was naturally overwhelmed at the first
class but the next two were pretty smooth. He has made a couple of friends now
and is okay with one to one interaction. He still needs one of us at his side
throughout the session.
It was a big achievement for us today to
reach the premises, given the foot deep snow and the disrupted transport. We
made it in time before the session. Reaching there we found out only a couple
more kids had managed to come. The ride back home was long and tiring one. The
bus didn't come and we waited and waited. Then, we waited some more. We took a
different route then where we had to change buses and by the time we reached
home it was noon already. Hubby was in two minds whether to go to office or
not. I had asked him to stay back as it was impossible to take out the
pram in this climate.
Shantanu, however, wasn't very keen on
playing today. There weren't many kids around and he seemed irritated with the
instructors. He also refused to sit in the group songs along with the other
kids and instructors. Any advice?
