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Post by stacyl on Mar 21, 2012 19:32:45 GMT -6
My 4 yo has had trouble keeping her pants dry during the day. Sometimes she wets them 8x a day! This has been happening for 2 months. I took her to the dr, and they tested her urine and it came back normal. No diabetes, no BI or UTI. Her ped called a urologist, and the urologist wants to see her for testing. This makes me really nervous! I don't really know what to expect. So, do you have any experience with this? Has your child(ren) had a problem wetting their pants? If you were in my situation, WHAT would you do??
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Post by sharon on Mar 21, 2012 19:36:40 GMT -6
That sounds so frustrating! I'm so sorry you are dealing with this.
I have a few questions:
How long has she been toilet trained? It sounds like this is maybe a new behavior? Has something happened that might have her stressed or upset?
Is she in school and if so is it more frequent at school or at home or the same frequency at both?
Is she responsible for cleaning up and changing herself?
How often does she actually go on the toilet?
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Post by stacyl on Mar 21, 2012 19:41:01 GMT -6
It's VERY frustrating! She has been toilet trained for about 1.5 years. This is fairly new behavior. She would have the usual "accident" every so often, but NOT everyday. There is nothing that has changed. She is in preschool, and up until today, has not had an accident at school. (today was her first accident at school!) She is responsible to change herself, and take her wet clothes to the washer. She wets more often then not. She WILL go potty on the toilet, but she has to be reminded to do it. Thanks for the quick response. Im not really sure what to do.
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Post by sharon on Mar 21, 2012 19:49:23 GMT -6
Anything else different? Sleep patterns? Fears? Any possibility she has had a trauma of any sort?
I don't blame you - I wouldn't be sure what to do either. The urologist definitely seems like a logical next step.
This may be overly obvious, but have you asked her what is going on?
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Post by stacyl on Mar 21, 2012 20:35:31 GMT -6
I have asked her, she just says "it just comes so fast." She is SO smart, so there is a good possibility that she is doing it for attention. Last night she was being a little mouthy and her dad said "you're going to be on the naughty list if you don't stop." Her response was "youre going to be on the angry list!" She is NOT dumb by any means, and is smarter then the average 4 yo. I just am curious about what kind of testing they will do.
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Post by sharon on Mar 21, 2012 20:39:14 GMT -6
Could you try giving it no attention and see? If she is cleaning it up herself anyway, does anything need to be said or reacted to?
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Post by sarahisis on Mar 21, 2012 20:55:41 GMT -6
I was always taught (with my job) to think medical first.. .rule it out... and then go from there, if the urologist says there is nothing wrong with her, then I would see if it for attention. Give it no attention, lay out the expectation for her wetting her clothing... cleaning and washing everything on her own.. if it doesn't go away from there; maybe something happened at preschool.. talk to the teacher.
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Post by dara1012 on Mar 21, 2012 22:20:49 GMT -6
I agree w/ Isis that I would rule out medical first w/ the urologist....I work with adults with developmental disabilities and we have a client who is very smart and she was having incontinence issues as an attention seeking behavior. We tried ignoring, making her clean it up and not discussing it at all, she continued the incontinence even to the point of urinating in her pants while standing next to the toilet. What has been working for 6 months now is a sticker chart where she earns a sticker at the end of each day that she does not have incontinence if she goes a whole week with stickers everyday she earns a reward.
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