I’m concerned about my very nearly 3 year old. At home/with grown ups and children she is comfortable with she is soo confident, noisy, talks non stop butas soon as she is somewhere slightly unusual she clings to whoever she is with and will not speak or respond. This is even the case at family members and friends houses - people she is very used to seeing and places she has been lots of times.
someone has mentioned selective mutism and when I’ve read about it it sounds completely like her. Has anyone had experience of their children doing the same and did they ‘grow out of it’ / did you manage to do anything to encourage them?
since birth she’s been to playgroups etc and had always been very confident even out and about, I’d say this has been for about 6 months, so started at about 2.5
thank you!