Hi all

My daughter is 2 years 7 months, she has been potty trained for at least 6 months now but over the past few weeks she has started wetting herself a lot,  she has always done really well with going to the potty or the toilet so I dont understand what happened.  She knows it is naughty but cant seem to stop.

She doesnt wet herself when we go out, only at home or playgroup mainly.  Is there something I can do??

Hi,

Firstly get a urine sample checked to make sure not an infection - very common cause of wetting.

Otherwise I can say that majority of children i know - including my own! Have gone through a stage of wetting after being trained, its like they forget they need to remember. Try and remind her every hour or so, and maybe a sticker chart?

Good Luck, i'm sure its just a blip and she will be back to normal again soon

Sara x

Hi,

I agree with Sara, my DD now 3.5 has been trained for a year and every now and again (including now!) she goes through stages of being wet the whole time. When this happens I go back a step and constantly remind her to go to the toilet, especially before a new activity and before we leave the house and then insist on taking her if we are out. You said it happens more when you are out which could either be because she doesn't know where the loo is or she doesn't want to miss out on what is going on.

At the moment with DD she has just started nursery in a new place (same teacher but they moved building) and the toilets are no longer next to her room but down the hallway. I am not sure if they are allowed to go by themselves or have to wait for the helper to take them (so they don't wonder off - there are at least 6 other classes in the same building) but that is what I am putting this down to and I hope it stops before I go out of my mind!

hth

ectre xxx

I actually meant that she wets more when at home.  She has been to docs and they have sent off a sample to the lab and given her antibiotics as they think its an infection so medicine might help and if that comes back clear they want her back for further investigation as he was in hospital earlier in the year for not being able to wee and they thinkit could stem from that.

Thanks for your advice

Hi,

If it is an infection I hope it clears up quickly. Urine infections in little girls is far more common than people think, but once they have one or two when they are younger they tend to be more susceptible. My DD had one when she was still in nappies and it took a trip to the emergency room and a catheter to diagnose after a rather nasty dr mis-diagnosed and told me she had worms! As I work in a hospital I 'borrowed' some of those strips for my DD once just to check without having a trip to the drs!

ectre xxx