Potty Trained but Started Wetting a Lot over Last Month

She is still incredibly young and I don't think accidents are at all unusual up to age 3 to 3 1/2 (and even beyond for some kids). You could try putting her on the potty consistently at certain times, or keeping a little potty near her while she plays. Or if it's really bad, I would put her back in diapers. I know so many people who trained their kids really early who ended up cleaning many many accidents for a long time. You have to decide is it worth it? They really do it consistently when they're ready. Good luck!

I'm not sure if what you are describing is an infection but here is our experience with my 3 1/2 year old dd's bladder infection. The first time she had one, the only sign was the wetting accidents which did happen more than a few times a day. She too seemed surprised when she would wet her pants and she was going to the bathroom constantly, like every half hour.

The second time she had a bladder infection which was about a month later, she did have the itching with it. Her wetting wasn't as constant as with the first time but enough to know that it wasn't normal.

Good luck and I hope you get it figured out.

J.,

By your description, my first guess would be a bladder or urinary tract infection. They don't always hurt and you can't always tell you have one, especially with little kids. I would call your doctor just to be safe.

Good luck,
S.

Sometimes this happens after you think eveything is okay! I would suggest just going back a bit and "re-training". I'm not sure how you trained her, but start taking her back in to use the potty a little more frequently instead of just leaving it up to her to go. Once you do this she should start going on her own again. Try not to make such a huge deal out of it otherwise she may use it for attention in the future (since you don't think that is the case right now). I have had several children at my daycare that get completely trained and then regress for a week then no accidents again for months and then regress for a bit again, but they will outgrow it eventually. You may also want to start having her change herself when she does it, not as a punishment, it is more a responsibility issue and taking ownership of her body and what she does with it. Good Luck....this too shall pass!

My daughter was trained for along time and started having a ton of accidents, turned out she was so constipated it pushing on her bladder and she couldn't help it. Got a prescription laxative and the problem went away.

Hi J.,

Try starting over and taking her several times a day and see if this helps. If not, you might want to take a urine specimen in and have her checked...I would hate to get too upset with her before you know whether it is something she can help or not...especially since you say she is acting so surprised.

C.

Hi! I am also a SAHM of two girls, a 2 year old next week and a 4 year old next month. We've had a similar problem and I wanted to share that young children (girls especially) can have a UTI with no symptoms at all....their systems are just so much stronger than ours and they tend not to feel pain as vividly as we do at those young ages. We figured it out because our daughter had a consistant low grade fever (99.5) that seemed nothing to most but for our daughter who runs 97.2 ususally this was a pretty decent peak. We have a great relationship with our family practioner and he was willing to do a urine test for us. Sure enough....she had a UTI. Once we cleared that naturally with cranberry powder (only took a few days) she was right back to normal. It might be worth a check. A urinalysis is usually one of the easiest to do, with almost immediate results (any where from about 20 minutes in first test or 24 hours for cultured test) and on average only costs about $24-35. I have never seen insurance not pay for this type of testing. Call your pediatrician/family doc and ask for an appt. They will do their best to get you right in considering the posssible diagnosis. Good luck and I pray that everything turns out well and your little one is back to normal very soon!

I tend to agree with the post that said maybe she's not as trained as an older child might be. I'm impressed she's completely trained at 2 1/2!! My son, who's 4 now, has been potty trained for over a year, but one day he was playing hard (at a rest stop, no less), running and chasing dad while I nursed brother, and he simply didn't make it to the toilet in time to poop. Is it possible she herself has taken her training for granted and now is so involved in play that she forgets to listen to her body?

If your child is just as surprised as you, her bladder may not be fully developed. I have been told time and time again by my doctor that in girls the bladder is not fully developed until 3 yrs old. With my first daughter I pushed, the wrong thing to do, and caused a lot of problems down the road. With my 2nd daughter I encouraged her, but did not punish her until after she turned 3. The amazing thing- the 2nd one has no problems at all. No wetting the bed, no accidents, and no fear of going to the bathroom. I would put her in pull-ups and encourage her to use the bathroom more often. Patience is the key. If she was doing well for 6 months before this, her bladder will catch up and she will be fine after. She is not being lazy! She is just not ready yet. I hope this helps.

Since she was trained so young, it might be that you were paying more attention to her needs before and less so now. It is likely that she is not as trained as you may think and just needs more time to learn how to interpret the signals. It should get better as she learns how to tell she has to go, if she doesn't like wetting herself.

I have 2 boys and it just happends sometimes we sometimes just dont know just give it sometime and if you still need info talk to your peditrican doctor and they can help, also my oldest one we bought a monitor that they have out for bedwetting and it does work because he was a sound sleeper and wouldnt wake up but that cured him after 1 time it would wake him up with a alarm that goes off with the littlest drop of moister IT WAS THE BEST THING WE DID wish we would of gotton it sooner he was 8 you could get one at a medical supply store

Actually one thing has changed... she is growing and needs more protein at this stage. Changing her diet to include more protein and less sugars will keep her dry and help her to grow to her natural height and weight.

Her blood sugar drops when she has not eaten enough protein, thus her bladder will appear to randomly release. You can minimize this by making sure she has a high protein, low sugar, high fiber (fruits/veggies) diet with as few changes in her eating schedule as possible.