shy baby, what would you do?

CrazyMary77 · August 2013

Within the last few weeks, my LO has become very shy. When others try talking to her, she will often just stare at me. She gets very serious and sometimes cries. Even when DH goes on work trips and comes back after a few days, she cries at him until she gets used to him again. Anyway, I recently joined a mommy group and we went today for the first time to a play date at a mom's house. There were 8 of us in total. She seemed overwhelmed at first, cried and then fell asleep for a while in my arms. When she woke up, she was better, but when one of the boys came up to her and touched her, she started to cry. She just watched from a distance.

My question is, would you keep taking a shy baby to social outings, hoping that it will benefit her? Or do you think it's like torturing the child to do something they don't want to do, particularly at her young age? I would like to keep going on social outings with her just so we can get out of the house and be around other people! Yes, I have my selfish reasons

But I don't want it to be like torture for her. What do you all think?

jbatch · August 2013

I would definitely keep doing it..

kgs0505 · August 2013

Coming from someone who had to overcome chronic shyness, keep taking her. She will likely observe from a distance for a while, but eventually as things become more familiar, she will begin to participate.

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