My almost 2 year old won't stop crying in front of family.

[Adaleesmom]

So yesterday we went to a family party. My daughter was constantly crying. She cried when someone talked to her, when there was someone talking with a loud voice etc. I was so frustrated and felt like I was being judged. She does this a lot with my husbands family. She was doing better but since my husband has been deployed for about two months, we haven't seen her grandparents or aunts and uncles much. I just feel so helpless and I feel so much guilt. I feel this is my fault . I take her out on walks a lot. I don't have many friends here so there's no play dates ... Has anyone gone through this? If so, when did it go away? She also is terrified of our blender and vacuum...

It sounds like she is living a fairly sheltered life and maybe just needs to get out and mix with people a bit more? My daughter was similar until she started nursery. Even now she is always a little unhappy at first in big crowds of people she hasn't seen for a while. Are there local play groups or toddler groups you could take her too? Or my library does a story time thing one afternoon a week.