Is this normal?

My little girl will turn 3 in May.

She was pretty much toilet trained about a month ago. Willing and telling me she wanted to use the toilet for both #'s. She was waking up with a dry nappy, and never wetting her undies during the day.

All of a sudden about 2 weeks ago, she has done a 360 turn for the worse. Constantely wetting herself, in her bed, floor. She still does #2's in the loo (apart from 2 occassions).

Is this normal? Is it normal for her to take 2 steps forward, 1 step back?

DH and I don't know what to do. I think being to harsh on her when she does do it, is the wrong thing to do. But DH thinks she should get roused on and put in time out. I don't agree. I wanting to take the more patient approach. What do you think? Have any of you been through this. What worked?

Any help and advice would be grand.

Sorry I only just found your post!
I dont know from personal experience (only TTing now!) but from what Ive read it is normal to have relapses. You are right to not be harsh - its not naughty, its more of an emotional issue. Reward the good, instead of punishing the bad.
HTH :)

Well, we are slowly getting there again. She is still doing #2's in the loo, but it's #1's that is going slowly. But have started the reward chart again, which seems to be working. So I guess it's one day at a time again. Thanks for posting, it's good to be reassured what your doing is normal. Thanks.

Yeah, we just went through this, after a year of being TT she started wetting again. I didn't deal with it very well, got a bit frustrated, with having newborn sleep deprivation and things got way worse. She started fully refusing the toilet. Once it I pulled myself together and didn't let my frustration show, she slowly started getting better. It's been a long road though so hang in there. Know that by being patient and not being harsh you are doing the best thing.

Thank you so much for your words of advice and reassurance. I must admit initially, I got fustrated, and maybe that made the situation worse. But hopefully we have both learnt fromt that. I could only imagine how fustrated I would be with having no sleep and a NB.