Child urinating every 20-30 minutes

[ajj2601]

Hello

DS is 3 and a half and we've finally started potty training as we felt he was finally ready.

He's rather willing to wee in the potty or on the toilet seat and gets special stickers as a treat (he's not interested in sweets as a treat which is fab)

We've been potty training him for over 2 weeks now and have had few accidents. However he has now started wanting to wee every 20-30 minutes and gets very upset if he can't go. Most of the time he will wee, albeit a very little amount, but the wee itself is clear and shows no sign of infection. He doesn't seem to be in pain when weeing but gets upset when he needs to wee.

I've heard about pollakiuria but not sure if it's this as he never got stressed about weeing when in nappies. He still wears a pull up at night and sometimes he will wet the bed or I have to change him whilst he's asleep.

He drinks a lot during the day and has a huge appetite but is very slight for his age. He's 13kg and on the 25th centile. He's also easily irritable over everything.

Has anyone else experienced this with their child? Did they grow out of it? I'm so worried that's doing over 20 wees a day now. I keep wondering whether it's diabetes but maybe I'm being paranoid.

take him to a&e. They can do tests to check him out.

Yes, don’t wait. Get him checked out today. My grandson was diagnosed with type 1 at six. It was only when he wet the bed that we noticed he had been drinking more and put two and two together. His was caught early and he was still quite a well but children can go downhill very quickly and become very unwell if it is left.

@bananaskinny interesting research. I know of two mothers who have had gestational diabetes (in one of them it did not resolve after delivery) who had children who went on to develop type 1. I did wonder if there was a link.

@ajj2601 is your little boy ok? I hope you can get him checked out. As @PloddingDaily says, it can get worse quickly (so if there is concern, go to a&e), though if he is otherwise well, you can book a gp appt quickly to rule out the things that are worrying.

@Namenic he's been checked out. All clear for the time being. He's been urinating less frequently today which suggests that he's starting to get bored of going lots and is only going when he really needs to. He's also holding it in a little more when he's been out of the house.

That’s great to hear @ajj2601 ! Good luck with the rest of the potty training!

Good news!

Great news! Really glad it’s not diabetes - fingers crossed potty training goes smoothly here on in!