4 year old ds potty trained, but trousers always smell of wee

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We started potty training ds when he was around 2.5 and he took to it very well. By 3 he was consistently dry and not having accidents. Great. Now, he's 4 and while he doesn't completely wet himself, he always seems to dribble and his pants and trousers smell terrible by the end of the day. I do know that he's a lazy wee-er, and he'll always leave it until the last minute to go. I often see him doing his 'wee dance' and have to badger him to go to the toilet, so it may be that he's just leaving it too long. I'm worried about it because he'll be starting school in September and I'm terrified of him being 'the boy who smells of wee'.

Can anyone tell me if it's common and something that will correct itself? Should I be encouraging him to go to the toilet more frequently? Or should I just leave him to go when he needs to go and make sure that he does?

If it's relevant, he's not dry at night yet. Occasionally he has a dry night but usually his pull-up is quite full in the morning.

Thanks in advance

My ds is 4 almost 5 and now in full time reception and even now leaves it to the very last minute before running to the toilet quite often dripping when he is at home or out with myself or family usally because he is too rapped up in what he is doing/playing with.

However after lost of talks about how we make sure we go to the toilet at school he now has got it under control at school and dosent have accidents (touch wood)

When he first started nursery he and a number of other children quite regually had accidents untill they felt settled but as the got more used to the enviroment and the fact they had to get their clothes off and put fresh clothes on by themselfs. When the other children started to mentioning that x y and z had wet themselfs each child then stoped and it has never been mentioned again.

I think it quite a common problem espically with boys if i was you i wouldn't worry about it, just remind him to go to the toilet often and explain why.

Hmmmm, I'd be tempted to take him to the gp to make sure there isn't an underlying problem. I only say that because my DH has slightly odd anatomy down there and sometimes dribbles if he doesn't empty his bladder fully. Might be worth just checking?