My daughter just turned 23 months old and in the last 3 weeks she has become so shy..?

She has always been very outgoing but now is very clingy... Shes still very social she just stays by my side or by my leg or wants to be held.. This isnt at home its in public or b-day parties.. She has been teething pretty bad lately too.. I am sure its a phase I hear its common at this age but I feel like I want to help her break out of her shell a little... I am a stay at home mom and she is my first.. We are always going places and hanging with her friend but like I said in the last 3 weeks shes just not into leaving my side... Any ideas to help her relax a little or is it just a phase that will go away in time? Thanks..

Answers:
Mine did, too. We just kept encouraging her to be friendly to everyone (within our network of friends and family, that is) or that it was much more fun to join in on the games/class/songs/etc than to sit by and watch from the side.

If she came through, we heaped praise upon her right then and there ("Oh what a friendly girl you are!" and a hug). If not, we briefly and quietly talked to her shortly afterwards and reminded her that we are the kind of people who are friendly back to others who are kind to us and say that we hope she'll be ready to next time. Then we dropped it.

We also prepped her ahead of time. Ex: heading to a family dinner, we reminded her that Grandma would love to get a hug from her. It would make Grandma so happy. Do you think you'll give her one?

She'll be 4 in Nov and has almost completely gotten over it.

It is a phase.I worked in a daycare with that age group and she will grow out of it.Don't worry

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