3 yr old has started wetting herself...

Jodi - posted on 06/08/2012

Amber, ye sshe pees herself when we're out without asking me to take her sometimes, other times she asks me to take her and pees on the potty. It's really weird, because she'll tell me she has to pee, then runs and pees on her own or if we're someplace new she'll ask me to take her msot of the time, it's just like, once a day, maybe twice she wets herself. Oh and our bathroom is well lit, not damp or scary in the least...it has a rubber ducky theme! lol



Nothing new in her life since this started. No preschool, her siblings are nearly 18 months old, no new pets, no new routine nada. I do think she just gets side tracked, sometimes she'll wet herself, then tell me, "oops, I peed." Othertimes she doesn't even notice she did it, or just doesn't care enough to tell me or do anything about it.



She's due for a regular check up with her doctor, so I can ask her about that at her next appointment, that never would have occured to me!



I'm wondering, for at least the times when we go the park, or *go* someplace, do you think it would make her regress to put her in pull-ups? At home I don't care about changing her pants and cleaning up a spill, but it's a bit more embarassing when you're shopping, or playing with other kids etc etc.

America3437 - posted on 06/08/2012

My grandma thought the same thing Erin and boy did I get whipped! Really take her to doctor. My child had a heart condition that caused her heart to grow bigger on one side and she too had been potty trained but kept having accidents till we fixed her heart and it stopped! Worth looking into.

Erin - posted on 06/08/2012

There's doubtful to be any real rhyme or reason other than laziness. Kids often don't potty train that early and I know 3 yr olds just get busy with stuff and don't want to go.

America3437 - posted on 06/08/2012

I had the same problem as a child. My mother finally took me to the doc and found out I needed my bladder tube dialaited. She may not know till it actually starts comming out. I had been potty trained for a little over a year when it started! Don't know if it is the same for her but it worth looking into.

Bethany - posted on 06/08/2012

My daughter's similar, she was 3 in Feb. Been in undies since 2 and a half or so. Always say's Mum, I gotta wee' and runs to the toilet, or if we're out, she tells me and we always get to the toilet in time. But now, sometimes several days a week, sometimes none, she'll be weeing before she even knows it. If igure she's concentrating on something and the message just doesn't get through to her brain sometimes. They go back and forward a bit before they get fully toilet trained. It's just a Woopsie, oh well' moment. We have timber floors and not particularly precious furniture, so it's not usually a problem.



She was sitting on my lap at a cafe the other day and I felt wee on my leg and I startled her saying "hey!, you're peeing on me! What the heck!" and she actually managed to pinch it off and we ran to the loo and finished it there. I was really surprised, since she hadn't done that before, but, again, alot going on in her little head at the time.



I wouldn't call it 'behaviour', more just signals getting priority in her head. She's just physically not getting the message from her bladder sometimes.

Katherine - posted on 06/07/2012

Has anything changed? Did she start pre-school or anything? New sibling? Anything at all? My daughter at 5 went through that phase of having accidents. She was stressed from school, or was just too busy to go. Now she's 6.5 and STILL has the occasional accident. I don't know why they do this....

Ana - posted on 06/07/2012

Well, no I haven't experienced this. My baby is 2 and not potty trained yet, but just a hunch, it sounds like there is a reason she doesn't like going in the bathroom to pee anymore..is the bathroom dark, or damp or scarry to her in some way? Just a hunch...

I guess a real test of this is if you have more than 1 bathroom, can narrow it down to one, or when you take her away from the house, does she still pee without asking you to take her to the bathroom.

Just seems like she has something on her mind about it... guess the chore is finding out what.....