Anna & I went to Gwenn's birthday party today. Gwenn had her party at the school and there were four other kids there (six total) and parents. If you ask Anna if she had fun she will say "yes" and tell you enthusiastically all that went on. However, I got to watch her today (without Sarah distracting me since she was home taking an awesome nap for Craig, Anita, & Corrine) and I can see that she is just painfully uncomfortable for some reason in social situations. I don't know if all of the adults made her nervous (two dads were there, they are particularly scary!) or if the other kids were just more wild than her (not hard!). The other kids and parents really tried to include her but she just won't let herself be drawn in and I'm really not sure what to do. I got her to participate in the activities but she preferred to watch the other kids running around. It's hard to be the one with the kid who is not running around laughing. I guess I need to keep up the playdates and hope that that continues to help her. I can't get anything out of her when I talk to her about why she's nervous around the other kids so I just have to guess that more exposure will take away some of her fears.
