Say it isn't so...

We heard it time and time again. Family mentioned it, friends mentioned it, and even the pediatrician warned us at Lakely's 30 month appointment. Two year olds tend to regress at times, especially when there is a lot of change going on in their lives. Tony and I both shrugged it off, thinking our little princess would never do anything to cause us extra stress. Then the changes began.

First, as of last week, she began waking up at 6am. This is very unlike her. She typically starts to roll around and talk to her babies b/w 7-7:30; sometimes even hanging out until 8 or so on the weekends! My has THAT certainly changed. Tony and I talked about it and we felt for certain that it must be her "regressing" since we have Cashton on the way. I guess waking up an hour or so early isn't too terrible. Especially since we've heard horror stories of toddlers acting much worse when a new baby comes along- like potty training regression! So, we felt pretty fortunate...until now.

We spent Saturday running a couple of errands and then back to the house for the remainder of the day and all of Sunday. It was so cold and nasty out that it sounded like the perfect idea. Usually when we stay home, Lakely never has any potty accidents and the only time she ever wears a pull-up is at night. (Which we were starting to consider panties this coming week since she woke up dry several nights in a row.) But, the "slip-ups" began slowly on Saturday. We were in a store and when I picked her up she felt damp. I asked her if she needed to use the potty and she said, "no." Of course we tried anyway, but that isn't like her to deny a trip to the bathroom. All bathrooms are fun to her.

The next day, we all stayed in our jammies and played with new toys from Christmas and relaxed. Never being far from a potty, there shouldn't have been any accidents. Unfortunately there were, about four of them. To make it worse, she never once told us she had to go. Lucky for us, it was all pee-pee issues, but still very disappointing since she has been potty trained for months now.

Lets move on to this morning. She woke up with poop in her pull up- never said a word to me about it. She peed and pooped in her pants within an hour and a half after breakfast. She pooped again after lunch and now has resumed in a pull up for her nap because I don't trust her telling me from the monitor that she has to go.

I researched all sorts of stuff this morning and it sounds exactly like what is going on with her but it is SO VERY DISAPPOINTING! I feel as if we have to start all over again. The frustrating part is that she knows where to go, and how to tell us but now just goes and never says a peep. WARNING to all you moms out there- this can happen to you! AHHHHH!

Don't let this cuteness fool you!