Advice on Introducing nephew to my fiancee?
Hi Parents. Wanted to get some opinions as I am getting mixed reviews on how to best approach and comfort my nephew.
He is 2 and definitely in his "terrible 2s" phase... He became extremely shy post 2 related to meeting new people. He's fine by the people he always sees (his parents, grandparents, and me). He is perfectly fine with us, his comfort zone.
Any NEW people he sees or if we go to an event he glues to one of us and it takes quite a while to get him comfortable
Funnily enough, when he was around 12-16 months he would facetime with my GF and had no issues interacting with her. This was also the case in person with strangers (different family/friends) too, he would go to them if they tried to carry him with really no problem. After he turned 2 however the moment he hears a phone ring or sees Facetime start he gets scared and hides his face to avoid being seen! Even funnier is that pictures, he identifies her easily without problem. The moment it moves or is live, he freaks lol
We are sure it'll take a few meeting with him to get fully comfortable and "welcoming" with her but I was curious how you've all handled this. For example would you show more photos, try more FTs before the "big meet" or keep it simple? His parents are cool either way and ok with whatever, my gf and I were just curious if theres anything else that can be done.
My fear is if we try more Facetiming and he gets scared, when he sees her in person he'll have a freak out