My son, who is 2.5 years old, potty trained at 18 months but until 2, needed help removing his pants (he was able to tell us when he needed to poo or wee). Very rare accidents and almost always on long journeys. At 2, he learnt how to push his pants down and pull them up after but needed help cleaning himself. In the last week however , he has had multiple accidents at nursery (urine, poo once and apparently was v distressed by the this episode) and at home. I wasn’t sure if he was regressing (thanks Google) or if it’s something else (behavioural?).
There haven’t been any major changes at home. He has a younger brother who is 6 months and, if anything I am now able to spend more time with him as the baby is older. My husband also spends a lot of time with him. I was getting increasingly frustrated because even when we started taking him to the toilet every 2 hours, his pants were slightly wet and he has no idea. I’m not sure if it’s a UTI as it’s all very acute - his urine is dark yellow but I wouldn’t say it appears dehydrated and there is a strong smell (I’ve looked after older patients with UTIs who have a similar smell). His foreskin isn’t retracted so it’s not that. He used to hold his urine for a few hours and then pass a large volume which was normal but it seems that he is now having incomplete emptying.
I will collect a urine sample and speak to the GP but does anyone have any experience with this? Or any ideas?
Thank you!