Shyness isn't something you can just snap out of in my opinion. I was a really shy kid and I had two very shy daughters and two very outgoing children. My shy daughters always needed a lot of pep talks to build up their self-esteem and I don't think they ever really outgrew the pain of shyness and still have trouble making and keeping good friends. It's a lifelong struggle. I however, outgrew the shyness after being kicked around all my life and I suppose being a Mom who has to fight for her life and her children's lives (Mama Tiger Syndrome) overcomes shyness.

I have a shy little girl in my daycare and she has her days where she won't even get out of the stroller at the playground and other days she mixes in. I respect her temperament and let her hang back when she needs to do that, but I always encourage her to go have fun. I have a little boy who just came from a daycare centre and he's 2.5 years old. He has really come out of his shell in the last almost 2 months he's been here. I guess he needed more one on one attention than he was getting at the centre.

Littledragon, I hope you gain the trust of your little one and it gets better day by day.