Daughter urine leak?

[Loobylou1987]

My daughter is 6. She has a water infection that went to kidney rather quickly back in may was in hospital then discharged after a couple days. Been fine since but I’ve noticed she often has a wee then goes back a minute later cos she hasn’t wiped proper or dribbled or still feels wet. I don’t know if this is normal for her age or if she isn’t wiping correctly, but I think the hospital scared her so she goes to toilet when she feels she has to so she doesn’t get another infection.

Has anyone experienced this? Her doctor from hospital will be calling us again in feb to check again as he said she if she has anymore infection may prescribe her a low dosage of antibiotics but so far she’s been ok. She also had ultrasound done and everything was fine besides kidney infection at the time.

I also just read something about sitting position can hold urine in until standing ?!

I'd go back to the doctor. Her muscles might be weak and if she's not emptying her bladder properly she could get another infection.

I have a similar issue (for different reasons) in the meantime tell her to pee, wipe, stand up, and sit down and pee again and wipe once more. Just until the docs can advise.

She doesn’t like wee anymore it’s like a little drip so not full on another wee but I’ll try that.

I would chase with your GP really, she may have recurring mild infection in the bladder which is simple enough to test for and can cause the sensation of 'not being finished' as well as incidences of dribbling when she does go.

If she is infection free then the doctor is still the best place to go with this for any undiagnosed bladder weakness.

Perhaps in the meantime try to work on any anxieties relating to using the toilet, bless her. Encourage her to stay on the toilet a little longer and rock forwards which encourages emptying. She needs to avoid straining and I'd gently go over proper wiping front to back and ensure she knows how to articulate it to you if she feels any pain, itching, discomfort etc and that this is nothing to worry about but also not normal so she can let you know.

Thank you I’ve contacted doctors so I will se what they say. She did have a urine dipped not long ago and was all fine. But I’ll see what they say when they contact me. It’s only when she’s been to the toilet aswell it doesn’t happen when she’s just playing or whatever so I do feel like she’s holding some back so thank you

My daughter had something similar after a uti.
We were advised to get her to pee, wipe, stand up, count to down and sit back down and push any remaining out?
It seemed to help.