Children often urine pants, what should parents do?

Many urine pants are normal

Don't worry too much

After the training of the child's toilet seems to be completed, the occasional occurrence of urine pants during the day will last for several months. This is part of the study of new physical habits. Generally, it should start to gradually decrease in about six months after training. disappear.

Most children can control the bladder during the day when they are 4 years old. In other words, if there is often daytime urine pants after 4 years old, professional suggestions are needed.

About 3% to 10% of children aged 4 to 12 will cause dampness during the day. The incidence of girls is twice as much as boys, the most common among school -age children [1,2].

Parents can use the following methods

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1. Keep patience, encourage and help children.

Urine pants are common problems facing many children and parents. The most important thing that parents can do is to be patient and understand, encourage and persist. Make sure that children know that urine pants during the day are just temporary problems, and parents can help them.

Do not punish children, punishment is invalid, and may make the situation worse.

2. Record the behavior of children's urine pants within a few days before and after.

Specifically, how long do children urinate; the performance of the child when the urine pants and what they did before; how long is the child's stool and whether it is difficult to defecate; how much water the child drinks; what type of liquid the child drinks and when does it drink.

3. Develop a urinating schedule.

Persist in letting the child urinate at least every two to three hours during the day, even if there is no urge to go to the toilet.

Use reward stickers charts, etc. to record the number of times the child goes to the toilet and reward the child's progress. For example, reward stickers, red flower prints, how many rewards go to a park to play, and so on.

4. Help children relax while urinating.

Use proper toilets for children, such as dedicated children to sit in the toilet, or place children's toilet circles on the toilet ring.

If the child's legs are short, you can't go to the floor, and place a low -foot stool in front of the toilet, so that the child's feet can be placed on the stool when going to the toilet.

Tell your child not to worry when you urinate. Sitting on the toilet deeply will help. Girls should learn to urinate separately.

5. Strengthen dietary care to avoid and treat constipation in a timely manner.

To allow children to ensure sufficient liquid intake and avoid caffeine, irritating drinks and foods, such as tea, chocolate and carbonated beverages, etc., usually take sufficient fiber in diet.

When necessary, take slow diarrhea under the guidance of a doctor to treat constipation.

references

[1] Joseph McQuaid, MD.Daytime Accidents Bladder Control Problems: Voiding Dysfunction Explained. https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/genitourinary-tract/Pages/Daytime-Accidents-Bladder-Control- Proplems-voiding-dysfunction-.aspx

[2] Are accidents normal or the sign of a problem in the toilet training process? https://www.healthychildren.org/English/tips-tools/ask-the-pediatrician/Pages/Are-accidents-normal-or- The-sign-of-a-proplem.aspx

[3] Children Daytime Wetting. Https://www.continence.org.au/who-t-Childs/dytime-wetting

[4] Naiwen d tu. NORNAL Enuresis in Children: Management https://www.uptodate.com/Contents/nocturnal-nuresiSis-n-Children- Management

Experts in this article

Sui Jing

Cooperative expert

Deputy Chief Physician of Pediatrics at Beijing Mingde Hospital

Ma Xuemei

Review expert

Deputy Chief Physician

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Produced: MEI

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