Do extrovert tots tend to stay that way?

[MiaSparrow]

Or is shyness something that comes a bit later?

Just interested to know because 27mo DD is definitely not shy and I'm beginning to notice things that really make her come across as the obnoxious one different to the other kids. In little toddler/singing groups at the library for example she'll announce her arrival by shouting I'M HERE EVERYONE!, she'll proceed to take the class, sit on the teacher's lap, interrupt her when she's talking, won't give a shit where I am! (she'll often have the other mums laughing at her while I look on, exasperated), she'll introduce herself to strangers - in a cafe today she went up to another table. "Hi, my name's DD and this is my mummy". She'll order her own food at restaurants and will ask for the bill (OK, this might have been encouraged).

Have I bred a monster? Charming as it is at 2, I do wonder if she'll always be like this. Anyone else got a massively outgoing toddler? What kind of things do they do?

Yes, but being an extrovert isn't really the same as not being shy. You can also be extroverted and still have appropriate social boundaries, although possibly not when you are only 27 months.

Hmm, I think you've hit the nail on the head there! Yes, it's the 'appropriate social boundaries' or rather the inappropriate ones that makes DD's behaviour stand out at the moment.

In the most part it is really lovely and I'm not complaining - just interested to see where it's heading.

Yes, they can change enormously.

Also interested in this - dd is nearly 3 and sounds v.similar. I was the total opposite as a child and though can hold my own now it has been an effort to overcome naturally shy tendencies. Would rather dd stay loud and lively rather than struggle with shyness as I have done.

Yes:
Dd1 was a very sociable toddler. Is very shy now, although she still loves performming. In contrast, dd2 who glared at anyone who tried to interact with her as a toddler, is much more sociable now.

What do you do when she tries to take the class, sit on teacher's lap, interupt etc?

My children are extroverts but I'd stop them disrupting classes.

thanks for this thread, great reading
my ds is nearly four and very lively and friendly with everyone
we are trying to teach him social boundaries and at nursery he seems to be OK but I am worried about him turning into a class clown and his school work suffering - other then getting him into performing school when he is older any ideas?

Twas, yes I'm always trying to shush her and rein her in (without interrupting the class too much myself), but at only two and a quarter that's easier said than done! I think it's a fine line between disciplining her and knocking this seemingly god-given confidence she has. Like mewkins I was crippled with shyness as a kid so for my own daughter to be a massive extrovert, it's quite a shock and unchartered territory.