Bladder issues in Girls

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DD2 (5) is on medication to prevent bladder spasms which cause her to feel 'drippy' like she is wetting herself. The medication works which is great. She never has accidents and now the emotional angst has been resolved.

DD1 (8) has always been unreliable going to the loo. I put it down to being distracted, tired etc. If she is about to come down with a nasty virus it is often preceeded by a wee accident. Lately she has been having very small accidents and has not been aware she needed to go at all. She has started to get damp pants and is worrying about returning to school in September.

We visited GP about a month ago. As there is no pattern to the accidents - can be 2 in a week or 1 in a month, he said unlikely to be an infection. Common in girls. She needs to not hold her wee in, and go more regularly.

I am wondering if there may be a link between the problems my girls have?
Any tips or advice on how to help DD1?

Thanks for reading (turned out to be a longer post than I planned).

What age did they potty train?

www.babble.com/toddler/toddler-health-safety/dangers-potty-training-early/

bagelmonkey - dd1 was about 2.5 with quite a few accidents along the way. dd2 was just before 3 with hardly any accidents.

I have no doubt that dd1 has got used to 'holding it in' in the past and we have talked about this, and that she needs to go more regularly. It doesnt seem to cross her mind that she needs to go. I have sat with her an seen absolute shock on her face when she had a (small) accident quite recently.

Doesn't sound like what the link is talking about at that age.

At 8, maybe you could ask your GP if they think referral to a paediatrician would be appropriate. Maybe they'd say it wasn't necessary, but no harm in asking??

Thanks Bagelmonkey. Dd2 was referred to a paediatrican which is why she's on medication. We've just registered with a new GP so I hope they are sympathetic.