i know this is something that some moms do everyday, but not me!!!
there is a boy in jake's class named josh. they've been together since jake started and their birthdays are only 1 day apart. jake talks about josh ALL.THE.TIME and recently started talking about josh coming over to "our house."
yesterday, i left a note with the director of the daycare to give to josh's mom with my numbers on it. i asked her to let josh's mom know that we'd love to have him over for a playdate sometime.
well, tonight she called me! she left a vm on my cell to let me know she was so glad to get my note - that josh includes jake in his daily prayers and they'd love to get together!!!
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so as a mom new to playdates, here's my question - at age (almost) 3, is it going to be a mom and kiddo playdate or can i just suggest she drop him off for an hour for a trial run and then we can go from there?
This is so exciting! To answer your question, the mom will most likely want to stay. I personally would still want to stay on the first play date or two to make sure I was okay with everything. After you get to know the mom better, then you can make the offer to watch Josh while she has her hair done or something. You never know, you might make a good friend out of this deal too.
April, this is awesome!!!! I have stayed during playdates, and honestly, it is the most social time I get, so I like that. Does she work? That might be different-IDK. I would assume she is going to stay though.
How fun!!!! It is the absolute cutest watching them with their little BFFs at this age.
This is so exciting! To answer your question, the mom will most likely want to stay. I personally would still want to stay on the first play date or two to make sure I was okay with everything. After you get to know the mom better, then you can make the offer to watch Josh while she has her hair done or something. You never know, you might make a good friend out of this deal too.
I love the title of this thread! I completely understand! The first step is always the hardest and hopefully this will be the first of many playdates!
I stay at play dates till I know the family well. When they become good friends I have no problem leaving. I know that for me and Allie's friend her Mom loves Allie to come over so she does not have to entertain them. They play for hours together. I do not always want to waste the hours sitting with a Mom, but that is me and I am fortunate that I know most of the people at the school. I know who I am comfortable with and who not. It is such a weird age though that for most people do not leave kids on play dates till 4+
However, I would not even mention it this first time. Get comfortable with one another and you check out her home next time and then one day you may have a nice place to drop Jake off or to watch him sometimes.
Yay! And we really are so much alike. Gavin has a best friend at school and talks about him all the time. At his christmas program I got up the nerve to find Maxwell's family and introduce myself and just tell her that Gavin talks about him all the time. She was super nice, and she said Maxwell does the same. I told her we should get together over the break (2 weeks off over christmas) but that was that. I left my phone number on the last day and we did get together over the break! I know what a big step it is!
Anyway, I didn't really know what to do but I thought a house playdate was a lot of pressure - my house? her house? should she stay, etc. I just thought it would be easier to meet somewhere and so I suggested chuck e. cheese and it worked out great. She actually has a little boy almost the same age as owen so it is really perfect. It was super fun and I need to call her again. Yay for playdates! I would suggest meeting somewhere just so it's less pressure and you know for sure that you will both be there.
If he was invited to the house I would have stayed.
you already received some great feedback. have fun!
Kyle misses his bff soooo much :( I even sent the mom an email asking if it would be okay with her for the boys to stay in touch, and I never received a response :(
thats great april!!! even though i'm a major playdate ho and have put myself out there for any-mom and every-mom, i still dont do dropoffs. R's not comfortable with it yet. this is so exciting - i bet you'll have a really nice time with the mom. i have made AMAZING mom friends by putting myself out there, and i think it's good for the kids to see their moms making new friends alongside them. good work mama!!
and they'd love to get together!!!
This is so exciting! To answer your question, the mom will most likely want to stay. I personally would still want to stay on the first play date or two to make sure I was okay with everything. After you get to know the mom better, then you can make the offer to watch Josh while she has her hair done or something. You never know, you might make a good friend out of this deal too. 
