I have convinced myself that my 4yo is diabetic and I am worried sick about it.
He is 5 in January and started reception in September. Pretty much since then he started having accidents at school....coming home wet most days and his teacher hadn't noticed. He isn't drenched, more like a dribble and he says he just doesn't make it in time....but he is sometimes having accidents at home too, (he has been better over Xmas hols but today he has had two accidents- dh puts this down to being at grandparents with lots of cousins and lots of excitement etc) and at around the time he started school we had to start lifting him at night as he was wetting the bed. He had previously been dry since he was about 2.5.
We have taken him to the Drs and have asked hv for advice when she came out to do 2 year check for ds2. Dr took urine samples to check for sugar and infection and both came back clear. He said it sounds like he has developed an aversion to toilet since starting school, and the bed wetting could be linked to this too. You can tell from his facial expression when he needs to go but it is as if he is trying to hold it.
The hv said it might be to do with his water intake- he takes a water bottle to school everyday- it always comes back full but the TA said that they get filled up- however, the other day we put juice in it as an experiment and it came back full of juice, which makes us think he is only having milk at snack time and a drink with lunch during day- but what worries me is that at bedtime he will sometimes say he is thirsty and ask for a drink- my husband says this is just a stalling tactic like tonight there was lots going on and he didn't want to go to bed, but combined with the toilet issues it makes me worry about diabetes....
The only thing is with most of the stuff I have read it says symptoms would develop quickly whereas this has been going on since sept....can any one enlighten me as to what to do?