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6 yr old son wetting himself

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headintheclouds · 21/11/2007 12:43

My 6 yr old son has started wetting himself on a daily basis.This started about 2 months ago-Ive taken him to the doctors and excluded infection and diabetes and the GP says it behavioural-SO how do I deal with it. He is going to the toilet ,but is dribbling so when he comes in from school his underpants and trousers are wet but not wringing and he smells of stale urine-
Im worried that he'll get teased at school eventually (you know how nasty kids can be ).We've had lots of conversation over this-I cant think of anything dramatic thats happened to cause this,but he has always needed reminding to go to the loo-really wriggling about doing the dance of the weewees -we have to really insist he goes to the toilet.
Has anyone else out there experienced this and how did you deal with it?

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milou2 · 21/11/2007 13:14

My second son needed to be strongly encouraged to go to the loo by his teacher. I had to explain that I wanted her to do this in a non obvious way as my son hated/hates being the centre of attention when it's about anything personal or private.

I'd say why not talk to the head and the teacher and see how they respond. Maybe make sure to chat to them about how it's going every few days so you and they know that you care and are wanting to help them and your son deal with this.

Any chance of fresh clothes being there at school so he can be changed into them after lunch say?? By someone kind and trustworthy obviously.

milou2 · 21/11/2007 20:22

Just thinking about it, how has your son been finding other aspects of this new school year? If the changes started late September does it coincide with a new teacher and new demands at school?

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