Question on wee if anyone can help please

[anonMum2]

DS's potty training is going alright. He still has 1 accident a day normally when he is tired in the evening and needs constant reminders otherwise he gets teeny bit of wee in his pants before telling us. We are really fed up now, or should I say, not really have much feelings about it anymore.. as it's gone on for so long. Surprisingly, he's still enjoying it very much.

My only worry now is, whereas the last few weeks he's been doing loads of wee constantly throughout the day, he is now only doing very little bits when I make him go every 90 minutes to 2 hours. Sometimes he tells me he's not ready to go yet but I make him go anyway as it's been more than 2 hours, yet he only squeezes out a few drops of rather yellow pee! Very puzzled as he's still drinking loads of water and milk and eating very well. Not quite sure where they're going.

Anyone had this same issue? Just hoping for some reassurance or if there could potentially some medical issues in which case we'd probably need to get him checked out.

Thanks.

It sounds fairly normal to me
My DS could go 14 hours overnight at 3.5 and LOATHED being sent to the loo every 90 mins

Maybe just up the fluids with your DS to be on the safe side?
Oh and the little dribbles on their pants is sadly also fairly normal, having taken nine 4 & 5 boys to the loo this weekend, almsot every one had a small damp patch

How long have you been training and how old is he?

that's quite often for going for a wee. is he just developing a larger bladder capacity and so going less often but bigger wees?you ask about medical problems - are you worried about his general health? worth keeping an eye on if you think he's not weeing as much as normal but tbh going every 90 mins is maybe a bit too frequent? dd wees 3 or 4 times a day if we're lucky - can be twice all day - once when she wakes up, once at bedtime, but her wee is light coloured and 'profuse' lol

DS is 22 months and been potty training for nearly 3 months I think. He seems to be behaving normally, maybe I was worrying over nothing. It's just a sudden change in his potty pattern the last week or so and the fact that all the fluid intake seems to be disappearing into thin air. I was even wondering if it could be the weather getting warmer but then he's not really sweating.

If like you said, it's his bladder capacity getting larger, then I would expect to have a huge amount after 2 hours but we only get tiny bits of wee.

Glad to hear wet pants isn't a big deal. I'll stop being so hard on myself and my DS who's then actually doing rather well with PT.

I might ask the gp to run a quick test on his wee if he really has stopped weeing much at all (rather than bigger wees less often) just to be on the safe side. like you say, maybe it's the hotter weather and sweating more. you could take a sample with you so it's easier to test then and there and put your mind at rest.

how's he doing?

I was ill in bed yesterday so DH looked after DS. DH tried to estimate how much he drinks a day and apparently it's just under 1 litre a day, and he did 5 medium to big wees and 2 little ones, according to DH. So perhaps it's not that bad?

I do wonder if it's because we were out a lot last week and he was just running around quite a bit.

Thanks for advise. Will definitely keep monitoring him just in case.

If he tells you he's not ready to go to the toilet and you make him anyway, then it's not really a surprise that he only squeezes out a few drops.

Stop making him go to the toilet when he says he doesn't want to go. I hate seeing this, parents forcing their child to use the toilet when it's clear they don't want to or need to.

Ask him every hour or two if he needs the toilet but don't force him to go.

I don't know about other parents, but I force DS to go because of loads of reasons.. one of which is that he used to do pretty big wees every hour or so. But if I started listing all the other reasons it would go on for pages. So perhaps all the other parents have a reason too?

All I can say is DS is definitely not upset or annoyed that I remind or make him go. In fact, he's normally very happy and pleased with himself and loves visiting various toilets, again and again. The only time I've noticed him getting really upset is when he has a medium sized accident before he manages to stop himself, then he gets extremely irritated and actually starts denying that he needs to go.