On 2004-11-15 23:39, rossmacrae wrote:
The problem has several parts.

When I go in, I ask the group "Is this Billy's birthday? Well where's Billy? Billy! [calling] Billy!" I make a point NOT to see Billy until he's right in my face yelling for my attention. "There you are, you were hiding from me!" Somehow it defuses a little of the shyness if he's actually TRYING to get me to pay attention to him ... pays off later.