thank you all for replying.........so comforting...your comments and experiences with your own children make me realise I am not alone.

We are off to the paediatrition tomorrow...I don't expect it will be a very long appointement (despite being rang yesterday and told it will be $150).... and I have done quite a bit of research on the internet and have a sense of what she (the doctor) may ask or look for in my son.

For here I suppose it is speech therapy, physio etc.

Jillian - My son is 3 next month. He can put words into sentences quite easily, but it is USUALLY about his favourite topics or it is a question if he wants something like food or a toy or to go somewhere. If I ask him how his morning was at cheche, he is not normally able to tell me, however sometimes says 'Did you (meaning him) play outside?'

How are you going with toliet training Jillian? MY son is great somedays and asks to go on to the potty but other times/days he just goes right ahead and does his business in his underpants ....so I am not confident about taking him shopping/friends houses etc....but he is slowly getting there so I am not really too worried and realise it will take longer for him than other boys his age.

I am noticing that my son is getting more frustrated lately...he is a very placid boy normally. In what way did Lachlan get frustrated...by what?

what is the name of the Music program you take him to?

Mistyfying ... thank you for your kind words... Do you have 2 children? Is your daughter your first or second? what kind of things does this centre do to help your daughter?

yes, I hope to hear from other parents too........!!