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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the OP from the "nervous about daycare" thread, and one of the replies got me thinking. DD is five months old and seems to have developed stranger anxiety very early -- she hates being held by anyone other than me and DH, especially if we're anywhere nearby. My mother says that I was the same way as a baby, from a very young age.
 
As it happens, I turned into a shy, socially anxious child. It didn't ruin my life -- I got gradually more socially adept by high school and certainly college, and as an adult I'm still an introvert but have plenty of close friends, a wonderful family and a good life. So even if DD does become the same awkward, shy child I was, I know she'll probably be no worse for the wear eventually. But I have to admit I'd been hoping she'd be spared some of the more painful parts of my childhood.

This is all a long way of asking -- could this early stranger anxiety be a sign of things to come? In your experience, how much do baby personalities translate to older kid personalities? [/quote]

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