I loved that post, thank you. I count myself lucky that ToddlerSLTD is not my friend's toddler. Not because my friend has an awful toddler (she's super cute and perky!) But because the luck of the draw meant that I got a child who cried today because some strangers looked at him, rather than the child who has to be physically dragged away from making friends with everyone on the planet.
You don't get to pick which kind of child you get, you just pray you get one you know how to handle. I can handle cripplingly shy. Boundless energy would kill me. But I'm pretty sure my friend feels the same way!