Stranger anxiety

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My LO is 22 mths old and shes always had a fear of new people. Or not just new people but people shes seen before but not often. Like my sister and brother. She reacts very badly to them and screams at them or has a very moody look on her face and wont look at them and becomes very clingy. Shes the same with some of my friends or anyone who comes to the house who give her any attention.

Yesterday a friend of ours came to quote our fences and she went beserk and tantrumed the whole time and cried her eyes out when he spoke to her.

My sister said if shes still like this when shes 3 we should see someone about it but surely she'll have grown out of it by then wont she? Did you have this problem at one time and it got better? Or are you going through this and have some tips?

Hello :) I'm not a mom yet myself but I do have a few little cousins that I adore to bits the oldest one of the bunch being 5 right now. She's such a sweetie lol What I can tell you is that all little children are different and that it's not something you should truly worry about. Maybe she is too attached to you? I used to have a fear of being super quiet among adults when I was 4/5 because I was a bit too attached to my family and only wanted to speak to familiar faces. My parents thought something was wrong with me but I just grew out of it eventually like soon. Speaking of my baby cousins the oldest being 5 right now used to have a pretty bad temper and would sit next to her mom with an angry look on her face. People thought she was mad at them or something when she was 3 years old lol

I would try and introduce her to your family and friends slowly maybe let her slowly approach them with you by her side or you could try telling her stories about them how they're good people or something lol? The important part here is to familiarize her with new experiences. Again don't worry about it much and try asking friends with kids about if they had a similar experience and what they did to help out their kids. The worst that could happen is she'll continue it for a few more months and slowly start being more friendly :) Hope I helped

my dd1 was like this. we found that if the person didn't speak to her just ignored her she was ok and over time she accepted them. shes only just going to her auntie and shes seen her ar least twice a month since she was born. shes always loved her cousin though as he just sits there quietly and lets dd go to him. it does get better with age. try just ignoring her let her go to them. its hard but I found dont make an issue and dont stop going as the longer the gap between visits the worse it was for dd. hope this helps x