DD is 3.5, been daytime toilet trained for about a year now. She has always been keen to go to the toilet in new places and would ask to go regularly at home and out.
However this has now reached almost an obsession. At home she can go 4/5 times in a 2hr period, out and about she can ask to go several times an hour. If I say no because she has just been she will get really upset about it- today an epic tantrum in the shopping centre car park as I said I wasn’t going back in for the toilets when it would actually be quicker to drive home. Most times when she asks to go she will produce something but often only a little bit, sometimes she sits and then realises she doesn’t need to go.
I would be worried about a medical issue but the thing is she can go long periods without if she is distracted- 2hrs+ in the last couple of days when playing with friends. She didn’t even ask. She often only goes once or twice during a 3hr pre school session.
Sometimes she is obviously using it as an opt out of an activity she doesn’t like or a way to get our attention if we are talking to another adult. Other times there is no obvious reason.
She does drink a fair amount- I would say often more than her friends do but not crazy amounts.
Anyone else had this? Any idea of how to stop it or do we just need to wait it out?