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DD has started wetting herself again - what should I do?

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AVoidkaTheKillerZombies · 07/11/2011 19:51

DD is 3.1 and has been dry since she was 2.6. She is quite happy to wee on the toilet although she needs help getting on the toilet.

Today at preschool she wet herself 6 times, and then again when she got home. She seems happy enough and isnt upset. She loves preschool so I dont think she is worried. She knows she needs to ask a teacher to help her go to the toilet.

What could it be, and more importantly how do I deal with it. DS1 potty trained later that this but once it was done we didnt have any hiccups so this is a new one on me.

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academyblues · 07/11/2011 20:30

6 times is a lot. Do you think she might have a UTI?

Moomoomie · 07/11/2011 20:32

Sounds like it could be a UTI, take a clean catch urine sample to the GP.

Tgger · 07/11/2011 21:08

My DD did this but not at pre-school. At home. I don't think she had a UTI (hope not..!) It passed within a few days, so if it was a UTI it cleared up by itself! She was potty trained only a couple of months ago and is now nearly 3 but trained very quicky with accidents disappearing on day 3 and then virtually none.

Has your DD been using toilet at pre-school long? DD had accidents (lots of them) once she went back to nursery newly potty trained, despite not having accidents at home for yonks. Think it was the new environment. Only lasted one or two days at nursery max.

Tgger · 07/11/2011 21:09

So... actually she did it at both nursery and home on different occasions....

MrsJasonBourne · 07/11/2011 21:41

Our dd1 regressed to wetting herself after we moved house. She was ok till she started preschool and with hindsight it was probably all a bit much for her. It was nearly a year before she was properly dry again so hopefully this isn't what your little one is going through, but please bear in mind it may be regression and you might need to begin potty training all over again.

You can take her to the doctor, they'll just test a urine sample to check for a uti, and hopefully that'll be that.

Tgger · 07/11/2011 21:46

I was worried we might have to put the sticker charts back up but actually she was better at nursery- with no accidents at all showing she could do it when she wanted- I think either she lost control when she had a cold, or (mabye bit of both), she just got too busy playing for a while- a developmental leap? and "forgot" to go. As I said luckily it passed as quickly as it started (we did go through ALL her pant and trousers for the first time ever!!!).

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