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My daughter is almost six and still peeing her pants...
My daughter will be six in a couple weeks and she still pees her pants almost daily and wets her bed still I had asked my doctor but he said that it was normal and to bring it up at a later time if she still continues its just driving me crazy we always have to make sure we bring an extra pair of pants everywhere we go she does use the bathroom and has gone a few days period between bed wettings Ive tried everything and jsut dont knwo what to do anymore.... HELP ME!
I have been through 5 doctors and finally a breakthrough. My daughter pees her pants during day only. Sometimes she feels it...other times not. She often get urinary tract infections as well. We tried ultrasounds...medication called oxybutynin. ..re training...bribery ...everything. here she is at 7 years old on our fifth doctor and he found it. The dye test will show everything. http://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions-and-treatments/conditions/duplex-collecting-system check out this site. This could be her problem. It is common in girls. Only corrected by surgery. Its called renal collecting system duplication. Hope this helps someone out there.
so now my daughter is six and it seems like an instant change she now says shes to old to pee herself she had gone about 12 days without peeing her bed and she hasnt peed her pants since her birthday on the ninth..... its crazy..
How old are the other three children ,is she the oldest, does she get on okay with them any problems there or at school .
Has her doctor done a urinalysis?
I think this is a potentially concerning issue with which I'm currently experiencing with my 6½ year old son, just not quite as extreme as with your daughter. A few months ago, he started leaking throughout the day--just a drop or two at a time every couple of hours. I thought nothing of it. Then he began waking up most mornings with damp underwear; not wetting the bed but leaking through the night. I wasted no time in taking him to the doctor, and I didn't get anything like "it's normal" or "it's just a probably phase." His pediatrician did a urinalysis immediately and found that he had needle-shaped crystals and blood in his urine, however, the crystals were not growing so I was told it was a physical issue that would likely resolve itself over the next few weeks. He did not have a bladder infection. I was told to call back if he experienced pain with urinating, visible blood in the urine, or if the incontinence became worse.
Three weeks later, he was leaking enough at a time throughout the day and night, even after going to the bathroom, to make a visible spot on this pants. He has wet the bed a few nights since then and also his pants during the daytime *after* having gone to the bathroom no more than an hour before and having little to nothing to drink in between. It was like he was losing all sensation and control to go. I called the pediatrician back and he made an immediate referrat to a pediatric urologist. His urinalysis there showed he'd recovered from the crystals, however, they scheduled him for an ultrasound of his bladder and kidneys (which was yesterday) to determine if he was emptying his bladder completely, if his bladder was too small, and to see if his kidneys had any abnormalities. He got a clean bill of health other than having one kidney bigger than the other, but he's still having incontinence issues. So the urologist said to monitor him for six months because it may very well resolve itself, but if it stays the same or worsens by six months, they're going to run more tests.
It's very likely that my son could be having an emotional/mental connection with this--I don't know what could be causing it, as he seems to be a happy, well-adjusted kid and he's never in his life had bladder issues and maybe only two accidents since being potty trained. So this very well could resolve itself, and I honestly hope it will because the urologist costs me a $40 co-pay every time, lol.
But my point is this--at least I KNOW what is and is not going on with him physically right now. I'm not left confused and concerned, wondering if my child has some kind of issue that could be helped with a medication or a surgery. I have that peace of mind and can work from there.
I think your pediatrician should do the same for your daughter and you. It's not fair to either of you that you're both put under the stress and humiliation of her incontinence in public places, always having to make accommodations for her well-being if this is something that could possibly be an easy fix with medical intervention.
I think this is a potentially concerning issue with which I'm currently experiencing with my 6½ year old son, just not quite as extreme as with your daughter. A few months ago, he started leaking throughout the day--just a drop or two at a time every couple of hours. I thought nothing of it. Then he began waking up most mornings with damp underwear; not wetting the bed but leaking through the night. I wasted no time in taking him to the doctor, and I didn't get anything like "it's normal" or "it's just a probably phase." His pediatrician did a urinalysis immediately and found that he had needle-shaped crystals and blood in his urine, however, the crystals were not growing so I was told it was a physical issue that would likely resolve itself over the next few weeks. He did not have a bladder infection. I was told to call back if he experienced pain with urinating, visible blood in the urine, or if the incontinence became worse.
Three weeks later, he was leaking enough at a time throughout the day and night, even after going to the bathroom, to make a visible spot on this pants. He has wet the bed a few nights since then and also his pants during the daytime *after* having gone to the bathroom no more than an hour before and having little to nothing to drink in between. It was like he was losing all sensation and control to go. I called the pediatrician back and he made an immediate referrat to a pediatric urologist. His urinalysis there showed he'd recovered from the crystals, however, they scheduled him for an ultrasound of his bladder and kidneys (which was yesterday) to determine if he was emptying his bladder completely, if his bladder was too small, and to see if his kidneys had any abnormalities. He got a clean bill of health other than having one kidney bigger than the other, but he's still having incontinence issues. So the urologist said to monitor him for six months because it may very well resolve itself, but if it stays the same or worsens by six months, they're going to run more tests.
It's very likely that my son could be having an emotional/mental connection with this--I don't know what could be causing it, as he seems to be a happy, well-adjusted kid and he's never in his life had bladder issues and maybe only two accidents since being potty trained. So this very well could resolve itself, and I honestly hope it will because the urologist costs me a $40 co-pay every time, lol.
But my point is this--at least I KNOW what is and is not going on with him physically right now. I'm not left confused and concerned, wondering if my child has some kind of issue that could be helped with a medication or a surgery. I have that peace of mind and can work from there.
I think your pediatrician should do the same for your daughter and you. It's not fair to either of you that you're both put under the stress and humiliation of her incontinence in public places, always having to make accommodations for her well-being if this is something that could possibly be an easy fix with medical intervention.
what I meant by mental is like her being stressed or feeling left out those kind of things.. her dad is always gone so its just me with three kids so its hard to spread myself thin..... and I cant disagree with ym stress maybe moving on to her that definitely could mean something as well.. thanks for the advice...
why dont you try the disposable pull up panties like Hugggies Big Girl Panties..... this will take the stress out the situation and allow both yourself and your daughter to relax, if you perceive this situation as stressful then even without realising it your stress can manifest within your daughter, causing her to feel anxious and making this worse. Every child will develop at their own pace but my one request would be to get a urine sample taken just to rule out an infection, such as Cystitis, which can cause urgency and unexpected wetting like your daughter suffers.
Two is young to be completely potty trained, I have found its nearly always 3 year old till that light bulb finally clicks on .,sometimes they do regress, How do you mean it could be a 'mental thing' ?
I dont let her drink anything an hour before bed... The doctor had said to not bother with it right now that its normal..i have asked her if it hurts when she pees she was completely potty trained at two but ever since shes been three its been constant the longest she has gone not wetting her pants has been a week and i think that was once... mind you her dad is always gone for work so its just me and and the three it could be a mental thing I know that sometimes it is a complete accident not being able to reach a toilet in time but the majority of the time shes never more then 20 ft away from a bathroom school is going great for her and i have talked abotu this to her teacher she does wet herself at school also it doesnt seem to bother her when she does pee her pants she will continue to wear what she peed in if no one has noticed it yet.. I just dont understand
Does she drink a lot of liquids children that drink a lot in the evenings seem to wet beds at night.. it could be you need to cut the drinking back after say 5pm Did the Doctor do a test for any bladder infection ,has she any stomach pain on passing water ,or any general stomach pain? Has this always been happening or has it started recently , any new happenings in her life to upset her, new sibling, move any changes, how is school going ?
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