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Three-year-old frightened to wee after UTI and resisting the potty

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hm4912 · 06/06/2026 08:42

Hello, my (just turned) 3 year old recently had a UTI and has now finished her antibiotics. She’s terrified to do a wee in the potty or nappy and will just hold herself until she can’t hold it any longer. She was potty trained about 4 weeks ago but after the UTI she’s either only wet herself or done it in a nappy until she couldn’t keep it in. When she is actually weeing, she doesn’t seem in pain anymore and I asked her if it hurts and she said no. But shes getting really stressed at the feeling of needing a wee and not wanting to sit on the potty because she’s knows it’s in relation to weeing. I don’t want to regress back to nappies all of the time so I was wondering if anyone had experienced the same and how I can help her.

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Wdutua · 06/06/2026 16:55

Try sitting her in a very little tepid water in the bath, when she has done a wee take the plug out and rinse. Let her run round with just a small top and pants in the house. After a couple of trys put the potty in the bath with her to sit on. Run the cold tap in the basin noisily, maybe flush the toilet as well. So much water running might help her relax.

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