Pelvic floor exercises for 3.5 year old?

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Has anybody tried to teach their children kegel exercises? any hints?
at the moment the only way dd2 stays dry during the day is if I ask her to go to toilet about every hour or max hour and a half. I figure she's got nothing to loose by doing pelvic floor exercises.

I don't think its anything to do with with pelvic muscles.

I always thought it was down to the child recognising and acting on the urge to go to the loo.

Keep carrying on with the hints. She'll get it soon enough.

I cannot think of any way you could teach such a young child to do pf exs

I think all you could do with her is practice stop/start when weeing, but not sure how advisable that is in a 3yo

I think you are at risk of giving her a bit of a complex, causing her to with-hold urine and that is a recipe for UTI's which you really do not want to happen

why don't you speak to the health visitor for some more body-friendly tips ?

I am afraid she takes after her mother and my mother tried EVERYTHING with me - except for kegels. so i thought i might try.

i think she also feels bad about being the only one who still does it as her triplet sisters are dry both day and night.

how old are the triplets ?

3.5

oh sorry, I misunderstood

I thought you had triplets as well as the other girl

you know, 3.5 is not really that old to not quite be dry

she is a baby still, and as you must know, multiple birth babies are often a little bit behind in their development

thanks for your thoughts. i'll try to relax a bit...