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I am wondering if any of you have experience with a 'skill' being there and then gone... So for example dd19month was counting 1- 10 often missing 4....then changed 1 - 10 missing 5. Her finger touching seemed to move up so that she accurately tapped one time for each count number up to the number where she got the next number wrong. A couple days ago her counting went all hay-wire. Then last night it went back to what it was doing. Today is missing two and not tapping but just all over the place. She still seems like she is enjoying it. Anyone elses kids do this kind of thing? We are just getting rid of the snow so we have been going out a lot more and her gross motor skills which are not advanced at all seem to have taken a leap so I am thinking that some of the other stuff is taking a back seat for a bit.

What you describe is normal development no matter what IQ level. For a infant and toddler their world is changing almost on a daily basis and they are hitting big milestones. If you think back to her walking or crawling you might remember something she was into but suddenly didn't care about it because her new skill was exciting and took most of her energy. Many children will even stop sleeping when obtaining new skills. Also just a side note on these stages in their life, but one I find interesting is hand domination. A child is not officially left or right handed until around age 3. They have come to discover that part of this reason is it links to development within the brain and if you watch closely lots of children will have a preference and will use their left or right hand for a while, but when they hit a big milestone such as walking etc their preference with their hand choice flips. IE. they were using their right hand to grab things but will suddenly start using their left hand for awhile. Exactly why and how it links in the brain I can't remember but really interesting and I witnessed it with my daughter many times.

I agree. It seems normal to me. Now, if she had number sense & counting down pat, and then forgot it, that would be different.

it is just very normal with kids.
you need not think about anything its pretty much normal.
remembering and forgetting.