Peeing all the time?

[Peever]

My DS just turned 4. He's been PTed (daytime pee trained at least) for almost 6 months. For the past week he's been in the bathroom all the time - pretty much every 15 minutes. I haven't had a lot of time to pay attention to it, but I know he doesn't really go all the time. I can't figure it out. He's not drinking any more fluids. He goes to the bathroom by himself so it's not like he's getting more attention from me by doing this. I thought maybe he was bored, but we've had tons of get togethers and activities in the past week and he still stops in the middle of doing something fun to run to the bathroom. He does this at home and while we're out. He still takes naps for the most part and has no problems staying dry for 2-3 hrs.

Anyone have any problems with this? I ignore it at home even though his hands are raw from washing them 20-30 times a day, but it drives me crazy when we're out, even though I try not to make a big deal about it. I don't want to discourage him from going to the bathroom, but there's no reason I should have to take him to the bathroom 3 times while we're at the library for an hour.

I'm assuming it's just a phase as he doesn't complain about anything hurting, but I hope it ends quickly. We're going to the ped for DD on Monday so I'll mention something just in case, but I don't know what to do about it in the mean time.

Oh, and while I'm at it, does anyone have problems with their DC holding their poop?

[jennylou]

One sign of diabetes is an increase in peeing. I'd definitely rule out anything medical and then go ahead and ignore it if all checks out okay.

[pixiecat]

One sign of diabetes is an increase in peeing. I'd definitely rule out anything medical and then go ahead and ignore it if all checks out okay.

I was going to post the same thing, although isn't there also an increase in thrist? Sorry, not at expert, but if it continues, I'd def. get him check, just in case!

[dziner]

DD went thru a phase where she did that. I think it was a bit anxiety/habit, b/c she really didn't need to go. It was annoying and also a bit disconcerting, but it didn't last.

My best friend's DS is diabetic (age 4) and to her the tipoff was that he went from staying dry all night to wetting the bed, drank a ton of liquids, and got super lethargic.

[Lizard]

DH's niece did this around age 5, because she was obsessed with antibacterial hand sanitizer. She knew she was supposed to use it after using the bathroom, so... there you go. :rolleyes: It was basically a phase though, she grew out of it after the fun wore off.

Edit: I would definitely rule out anything medical, though.. just wanted to let you know it could just be wacky kid behavior too. :)

[HGMorgann]

My DD has done this a few times but has also said that it hurt a a little bit to pee, so I gave her acidopholus + 1 TBS 100% cranberry (tastes awful!) and the problem always is resolved within a day or two.

[Elmophant]

Oh, and while I'm at it, does anyone have problems with their DC holding their poop?

Good Lord yes and it drives me batty. My DD will have NOTHING to do with pooping in the potty so when she's in panties she will just hold it and hold it. Then when she's finally in a diaper/pull up she'll poop but by then it's HUGE and hurts to go and she holds it more. It's like a never ending battle. We've started her on Miralax 2-3 times a week per ped recommendation and that seems to help...keeps it softer so it doesn't hurt her to go, but she'll still hold it as long as she can.

[Peever]

Thanks for the input everyone!

I tested DS at the library. The baby was hungry and we needed to get home so I could feed her (she won't NIP) so I told him we were leaving and then he starting whining about having to go to the bathroom again. I told him we needed to leave right away so we could either check out his books or go to the bathroom, but we didn't have time to do both. He started crying about having to go to the bathroom so I ditched his books and we went to the bathroom and then he cried all the way home about not getting to check out books, but he stopped going to the bathroom all the time now and has made a few comments about how he is holding his pee so apparently it was just a phase.

Elmophant- We've always had problems with DS holding his poop, even before he was PTed. He will only go at home so he'd hold it all day at daycare and run off to a corner to poop as soon as we got home. He's pooped in the potty twice and then got scared about it. He usually waits until I'm busy feeding the baby and putting her to bed and he'll put a pull up on and poop so I can't really encourage him to go on the potty. It's usually not hard because I make sure he gets a lot of non-constipating foods, but I'm afraid he's going to be pooping in pull ups when he goes to kindergarten at this rate.

[mkvh]

Peever--Interesting that you mention that DS holds his poop. I don't know how/if this differs anatomically b/t boys and girls, but my 7yo niece has been doing the frequent peeing thing for a couple years now. After finally meeting with a pediatric urologist and having some tests done, the uro told my sister that the reason that my niece feels a nearly constant urge to urinate is that she is so full of fecal matter that her bladder is compressed. The uro felt that encouraging frequent pooping would make more room for her bladder and therefore alleviate the constant urge to urinate. Perhaps this is the issue for your DS as well.

[Peever]

mkvh- We were actually just talking about that this weekend, wondering if the poop holding had something to do with it, but he's always held his poop and it's just odd that he just started doing this.

It's been better this weekend so I guess we'll just see how it goes.

[melmatsu]

My son didn't poop in the potty until he was 3.5 years old. He was terrified. Before then (at around 3 years old), he held his poop and got horribly constipated. The ped recommended miralax so he couldn't hold it. Hang in there. It will come with time, but I know it's frustrating. My DS is almost 4.5 years old and still has occasional wetting accidents. It's amazing how much patience this takes.

As for the peeing, my 3 year old daughter can pee on demand. She doesn't have the ability to hold it very long, although it seems to be getting better.
When she first starting PTing, she would pee every 15-20 mintutes. But, she can usually go at least 2 hours now without peeing. She drinks a lot more water than my son, so it makes sense.