To say my girls are opposites would be an understatement.

DD1 has always been extremely outgoing. She was jumping off my lap as an 8-month-old wanting to be handed around to people on the train. As a 3-year-old she was shouting to people on the other side of the road saying, "hello friends". She talks the hind leg off a chair and stops everyone she sees for a chat. She has no concept that strangers might not find the fact that she has a purple bike and is going to school next year or that mummy is 43 ABSOLUTELY RIVETING. You get the picture.

So going from that to DD2 is a total surprise. DD2 is 2 and 3 months. She's always been quite reserved. If we have visitors she won't say a word, stays close to me and turns away if they look at her too much.

I'm not worried as such - she's just shy. Very happy and chatty generally but just struggles around people she doesn't know.

Should I be 'doing' anything to bring her out of her shell a bit? Did your shy toddlers get a bit more outgoing as they got older?