4yr old wetting herself

[RJE1979]

I have a 4 yr old who have been potty train for 6 months now. But now she starts to wet herself, only in the day. At night she will wake up to use the bathroom.

Help!

[growlybear]

Praise her a lot on getting up at night to use the bathroom before asking if she would like to do the same in the daytime.

Sometimes kids get too absorbed in what they're doing daytime to remember to go to the loo. Do they still do training pants for her age for during the day? Sometimes that gives a sense of safety rather than have a parent whi might get angry if the child is wet again.

Takes time but as someone once said to me at this stage - Don't worry, they won't still be doing this when they're 21.

[Sarahmitz]

I think Growlybear has v. valid points. Sometimes my children would have accidents because they didn't want to miss out on a situation. Lots of other Q'si) Are there other children present to set example. ii) Is she uncomfortable being wet & is it easy to change.iii) Is she scared of toilet???She needs to understand that she is dry in order to attend school. Good luck,

Sarah

[Mr Chipps]

The important thing is never scold her for it. My son did it until he was 11 (he's a rugby-playing 27 year-old fireman now) and he was more angry at himself than we ever were. It may be a case of her simply sleeping too deeply to wake up.
She WILL grow out of it, but don't put pressure on her.

[rov1200]

We faced the same problem with a 4 year old grand daughter. After visiting the doctor she was referred to the local hospital where she had a scan. There was a kink in her urethra leading from the kidneys. This caused an infection and she was put on antibiotics. Later she was admitted to have a fine tube inserted in her vein to check for kidney function.