My toddler doesn't like other children

[Dualipa]

It's not helped with lockdown but since we've started seeing people again he's shown a real fear of other children. We went to a garden party today and other kids were happily playing and toddler about but my LO wouldn't go anywhere near the others and looked petrified of any came anywhere near.

Has anyone had any experience similar and did their child get over it?

I’m a childminder and all of the children under 5 I care for have had their own little weird things going on, my own son included. By the 4th or 5th encounter it all seems to be forgotten. Maybe an occasion a little less intimidating for your LO on the next try. It made me really sad too!

When my DS was younger I had to try and be early to group events/parties because he wasn’t great at entering a room full of other children. But he was fine if he was one of the first ones there

Toddlers aren’t meant to be terribly sociable. Their key relationships should be with adults and only a bit later on, about three or four, should there be any expectation of friends.