My little girl is 4 and a half and has always been a very shy little girl, very shy around strangers and won't speak to them! Since she has been at pre-school she was spaeking a little to her teachers, but one incident upset her with one of the teachers, nothing too serious but all the same it uspet her! Ever since then she has not really spoken to any of her teachers, she was also not speaking with any children but apparetly now in her 2nd year she has made some friends and is speaking and playing with some of them which is fab news! She will not however speak to any of her teachers at all, which they have spoken to me about on several occasions and i thought she would just grow out of it!! I saw a programe on tv a few weeks ago about selective mutism and it has made me wonder if she has this a little but with adults only, she will play and speak with friends fine at home but when adults are around she won't speak or will whisper in my ear!! Has anyone else experienced anything like this with their lo's? She is fine at home can speak so well and is actually very bossy in her own surroundings but at play-school she is like a different girl!! There is a lady coming in from the council tomorrow who i am meeting at the playschool to speak to me about her see what she can brings? Do you think i need to be doing something about this or see how she progresses, she has been like this now at play-school for over a year and she is due to start infant school in september!!