Has something been going on in the house? New baby, new school, new babysitter, husband working longer hours, you working longer hours? Anything that disrupts the normal rhythm for a child can cause regression in toliet training. It's all an attempt to gain control. You aren't doing anything wrong, she's just being a normal 2 year 8 month old. Don't add any stress to the situation by turning it into a power struggle. I don't know what the right approach is... if you can suggest to her that maybe she's not ready for panties and put her back in pull ups during the day.... she will probably get back on track and insist on panties.

I can't speak to the language thing... my almost 3 year old speaks in complete sentences... non stop, but she has enough speech "quirks" that sometimes I think she's speaking in her own language!

I'm sure someone on this board will respond to milestones.

I would agree with Cath on the approach to the toilet training and now regression. She's been doing great. Take a breather, don't create any more stress, and relax for a bit.

By age 3, I like to see atleast 3-4 word sentences with about 75% understood by a stranger. Your description sounds pretty appropriate.

All the best,

Dr. J

Thank you both for your responses. I spoke with my husband last night about Cath's response. And, he is getting a little more involved now. He's been working a little late and she hasn't seen him as much as normal. I guess she was making her demands known a little differently. lol I have to remind myself she is still a 'baby'. A growing baby, but a baby nonetheless.

As for her development, I think I stress out a little more than normal because she came so early (6 months). But, when I think of it, she has a great memory. She knows her ABCs (and recognizes them), shapes, colors, can count to 30 and in most cases prefers a book to a toy. And a whole host of other things that toddlers know. Someone told me this is a major accomplishment for her age. So, I will lighten up a bit on her language skills. I guess she has all this knowledge and is trying to process it all while learning to talk also. Think I'm pushing too hard? We play games in learning. So, it's not like a classroom setting. All this information isn't in a textbook anywhere. If it were, I wouldn't have the time to read it.

My daughter is almost 2 1/2 and also potty trined and even in the last week she has pooped 3 times in her paties! I am like what is up??? I think it could be if anything is going on that causes them to have accidents. ALso my son kinda relapsed himself a bit so I honestly think it is normal but I can relate your frustration! I think the leaste attention you give her over the accidents the better. You may even consider a reward system like a sticker chart that worked wonders with my son.

Talk to the doc about her speech. My son taled late for us which was like 2 1/2. My daughter says complete sentences but the word aren't crystal clear some syllabals she can't pronounce good.