I’m posting anonymously to hide my shame 😔. My baby is 8 months old. I work from home 5 days a week and I’m in school online. My husband works 5 days a week and very long hours. On his days off and on his way home from work, he does the grocery shopping. My baby and I pretty much never leave the house. We go for walks in the stroller to the mailbox if I have time during my work day and we visit my parents about twice a week. My mother in law comes over for a few hours a week as well. My daughter has been around other babies maybe 10 times since being born and has gone once to the park. She is meeting all milestones early, and is by all accounts, an easy baby. She does seem to get uneasy around men, even her father if I am in the room. She’s not especially clingy and is way more independent in play than other babies. I worry about socialization and what it could potentially mean for her in the future. Am I totally setting her up to be a recluse or do I have time? I plan to graduate by April, but I worry we still may not get it much because of my tendency to be a homebody. Has anyone else’s baby experience babyhood the way mine has? Did they turn out ok? I never worried about this until people started commenting that she really needs to get out more. Now the guilt is eating at me and I feel judged as a mother. Don’t get me wrong, we play throughout the day and she’s a very happy baby, she’s just not socialized. Do I have time to catch up when life gets a little less hectic?