My Six Year Old Holds Her Pee.

I thought mine was the only one!!! My 6yr old does that too or she will end up having an accident. I remind her to tell the truth as soon as it happens and to try to go a little bit sooner. I figured that it was her being a kid and sometimes she was just being stubborn and not wanting to stop playing. Thank you for letting me know that I'm not alone.

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Wow - why don't I ever think to ask these type of questions, because I have the EXACT same problem and I can't even tell you how worried I am about kindergarten this year. I don't know if their classrooms will have bathrooms in them, but that would be helpful. I didn't realize this was such a common (somewhat) thing for kids this age, but my daughter does the EXACT same things....including the 'going to the store' thing and that one drives me the craziest. I have to be honest...I haven't been too sympathetic, but after reading some of your responses I realize I need to be more understanding. I have already had several talks with her about going during recess or breaks at school and stuff, but I am still so nervous. I really don't have any advice, but sometimes just knowing you aren't the only one helps! Thank you for posting this question and I will continue to look back at the responses. Good luck!

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Holding urine in your bladder too long can lead to a voiding disorder(peeing disorder),then enlarged bladder which can cause VUR which can cause enlarged kidneys and kidney damage. My 6 year old daughter has all of the above mentioned. Explain to her holding her "pee pee" can make her a VERY sick little girl!!! We have been dealing with this issue for almost 2 years now. We have regular visits to a urologist, she has to under go a VCUG (this is where they put a cath up into the urethera and take live x-rays of your child urinating to check function) KUB x-rays and ultrasounds, daily medication to ward off UTI's and she just had surgery 4 months ago to fix her VUR (reflux of urine into the kidney). Every person is constantly making urine 24 hours a day. A healthy voiding schedual for any child is to void (urinate) every 2 hours. Once the bladder has gotten so full that they have an accident, it starts to push urine up into the kidneys causing this horrible cycle. I hope this info may help. I always worry for parents who have kids that with hold now that I know 1st hand how a seemingly hamless act of holing in their pee can actually be for them. Good luck. T.

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My son is the same way! He is 5 1/2 yrs old & just started Kindergarten. He is always too excited playing to take a break & go to the bathroom. We always remind, it's ok to take a break he isn't going to miss out on anything by taking a quick break. My husband & I pretty much do the same thing as your response from Adrienne w/that part @ home. I didn't think about it w/school! I will have to address that w/him now. =)

When do go places where we know he is going to be busy playing & not think about taking a break to go to the bathroom. We remind him before we get out of the car that when Mommy or Daddy tell you it is time to go to the bathroom, you are to listen & do it right away w/out putting up a fight! Usually that works, sometimes we have to remind saying "do u remember what we said in the car?" & then he won't try to argue w/us about going. =)

I thought it was just our son but I guess we are not alone. All of our friend's kids don't do this so we were amazed how long he would hold it for. I don't know if boys can get UTIs but we tell him he will if he doesn't go to the bathroom & then he will have to go to the hospital. I don't if that is wrong to say to him but we want him to kind of be worried & think of trying not to get one (even if they really can't get one, which i am unsure about).

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i had one child out of my 3 the same. I made her sit and run the water to pee, then as soon as she starting squirming, i would ask her with humor, are you doing the potty dance, it finally became a family joke and it went away , i also explained that she needs to listen to her bladder, i drew a picture and explained why it was so important to empty it when the signal came or she could get and infection, that was it ,no future problems, i am an RN, so you know what i mean,
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I feel your frustration. I'm going through this with my 4 year old girl. Apparently, she's just got better things to do than to take time out to use the bathroom. She often waits until the very last second, then does that hysterical dash to the toilet. She doesn't always make it. I wish I had something to offer. I'll be watching the responses to your post for some solution, and good luck!

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