4 Year Old Wants to Pee All the Time

yep, sometimes kids just want to do it. I know, its weird. But if the doc has checked her out, and all seems well, then i wouldnt be too concerned. Continue to ask her here or there if it stings or anything, just to be sure. But i wouldnt be too terribly alarmed.

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I think I am a walking expert on this now...I went through almost a year living this nightmare with my daughter.

Please believe me, she doesn't "want" to pee, she "has" to pee!

I never really found out what was "wrong" with her. They didnt want to test her for Lactose intolerance because its pretty invasive. We checked for UTIs several times and a couple times there was something and most of the time there wasn't. PLEASE make sure they coulture the sample. the quick in the office test will only show severe infections.

In the end, we took her off milk and gave her soy milk for a while. We left all other dairy in her diet, just changed the milk. She got worlds better. We then switched her to Asodopholis milk and that worked well also. She is now back on regular milk but no more than 6 oz per day. We monitor her dairy intake and make sure she isn't eating too much of it. Also we make sure she gets probiotics every day.

Little girls are very sensitive "down there". they are affected by a lot of what they eat and digest. Even a little irritation can make them feel like they have to pee when they really don't.

I really wish I had had someone tell me all this when I was going through it. I would have been so much more patient with her.

P.S. since we have gone through this, I have had countless other moms come asking for advise for their 4 year old daughter. Check mamapedia, you will see its pretty common!

Best of luck to you and Keep fighting till you find a solution!

My first thought was a bladder infection, but your doctor ruled that out. My second thought was diabetes. I know that when people have diabetes but don't know it, they pee a lot. Does Diabetes run in your family? I hope this isn't the case, and that your daughter is just going through a silly phase like so many kids do. Good luck!

My 4 yr old boy goes so often his dad is convinced something is wrong. Just started in the last couple of months. He pees way more than he drinks. I first noticed it in public. He wants to go to the bathroom everywhere we go. I thought he was just bored and curious and wanted to see the inside of every bathroom in town. But dad says it's all the time. It doesn't hurt, isn't a strong color or odor, so, I'm not all that concerned. I just switched him away from juice to strictly water - sometimes I dilute with cranberry. I haven't seen any problems, but I'm keeping an eye on it.

my son had this and had a UTI, I assume she had a pee test?, they found protein in my sons and gave him antibiotics - he didn'
t burn when he peed, but he had a generalised pain in his bladder area

I second trying removing the milk from her diet. A weak bladder is a very common sign of trouble digesting milk. She may even NOT test for lactose intolerance, but she may still be sensitive and this is enough to tip the scale.

If you don't want to do that, keep a food journal and see if there is a pattern with milk (dairy, or any other food substance) and the normal times vs. the potty thing times.

Diabetes is something else that can make a child pee a lot.

We have in the past. My son did that and the doctor happened to check him for strep throat. He was positive for strep. He had no other symptoms - no fever, no sore throat - nothing. Apparently (and I didn't know this before then) strep can settle in the kidneys / urinary tract or stomach and cause issues. He took the round of antibiotics and was good. Just a thought if your daughter hasn't been checked for that. And strep is really going around here.

If she's thirsty a lot and peeing sufficient amounts, these are signs of diabetes. UTI's usually come with fever, odor, burning, etc. My son went through a phase and then was fine; he would go every few minutes but very small/insignificant amounts and had no other symptoms; eventually he forgot about. Definitely monitor her for any other symptoms and f/u with her doctor.

I noticed that my daughter will pee, and act like shes done, and 5-10 minutes later has to go again. I have found that she most often does this in an effort to control the situation. If I have suggested that she goes potty and shes mad about it for some reason, like it wasn't HER idea that she goes, she will only go a little. *SIGH* thats a 3 year old for you!