How do I help my 6 year old daughter with her leakage?

I would suggest giving her cranberry juice to drink. I Know this to be useful with people suffering baldder infections, so give it a try. Otherwise she needs to avoid sugary drinks and drink plenty of water to wash any infection out of her system.

Good luck!

It is not unusual for some young children to have Urinary Incontinence. It can be caused by small bladder capacity, anxiety, pressure from constipation, drinks or food containing caffeine. If she is complaining of any pain in her upper back on both sides are the kidneys. If she has a kidney infection or bladder infection she will sting when she goes to the bathroom or have smelly urine. If you rule out the kidney or bladder infection and she is not wetting at night in her bed, then she does have daytime UI. Again this is normal in a lot of children who cannot relax their sphincters enough to completely empty their bladder. Most children will outgrow this naturally as they develop and grow older.

I hope your daughter can relax so she doesn't make herself worse by worrying to much.

A colleague of mine is having the same problems with her little girl of a similar age. She is on medication but her nurse suggested that as she is not emptying completely to try a little princess twirl before she sits down to try again. It is helping a little bit as scans show that she is not retaining as much fluid. It can't hurt to try!

I feel so sad for you ,what a terrible thing for a little girl to have to put up with.If it was me i would ask for a second opinion from a different consultant different hospital and see where that leads,all the consultants have different ideas in the fields that they work in,give it a go ,it cannot make things any worse xx Good luck

 

my six year old has the same problem. constantly wetting day and night. shes red raw and usually smelly because she doesnt know and sits in. Thankfully we home educate her so dont have school to worry about but its making life so hard for her. she sobs when i say she cant go playing at friends houses. i feel so mean. Ive just bought her some incontinence pants so she can play out without worrying and im back to the gp with her next week. She is under the care of paediatrics for chronic constipation caused by dairy and soy intollerance but they just keep saying she will grow out of it. not good enough. shes getting worse and it impacting her life. 

I've been searching the internet for months trying to find out what is wrong with my daughter, she will be 6 in November.

She potty trained quick and easy, like a week. She's a kid that likes being a do right and interacting with adults... In 2013 we moved and had our second daughter. A few months later she started preschool as well. I thought she had regressed since symptoms seemed to appear shortly after all these changes took place.

Fast forward two years, I finally figure out that it might not be stubborness/ laziness/ regression/ attention getting. Went to the doctor, he put her on oxybutyin. Ended up upping it to 10mg eventually, which still isn't making any difference. She's had 3 UTIs in the last 18 months.

Went to a urologist two weeks ago, they think she might be constipated. Cleaned her out and we are still having issues with both leaking and wetting. It's mostly leaking. She is usually completely red when she gets home from school. She says she can't feel she's wet.

She will sit on the toilet for 2 minutes and try to "push it out". She strains to to go. When she's not near a toilet she sits funny and says she can't move and "pushes it back in".

Double urinating was suggested but doesn't work. She has such a negative view of the bathroom. I'm partially to blame because I'm constantly reminding her. I think she looks at the bathroom as punishment because she's always going. She goes pee at least 15 times a day. None of which is because she feels a normal need to go. It usually is after she's wet herself or because I tell her to.

I'm going to start sending her to school in pull ups so she doesn't smell. I feel so bad for her, I wish I would have figured out this issue sooner instead of thinking it was regression. That way she won't be remembered as pee pee pants.

Hoping to follow this thread for more possible answers. :-\ Staying hopeful in Ohio.

idk the cause. but put pads on her. it at the very least will stop the wetness. also tell her teacher to give her more potty breaks.

Hi my 14yr old daughter had the same problem of leaking up until the age of 8/9, can't remember when it started, a normal scan showed she wasn't emptying her bladder properly, she was given no medication and was told she would grow out of it which she did. Now my 5 yr old had the same problem, she does suffer with constipation now and again and the paediatrician told me constipation was the cause of it, she's taking movicol everyday and was told this should stop the leaking, but it doesn't seem to have made a difference, last night she was in floods of tears asking when it would stop, and asked for a pad to wear like her big sister does for her periods, I am now considering putting her in pull ups for school so she's more comfortable, but worried the other children may see at PE time, otherwise I think it's just a waiting game until she grows out of it. ☹️

Hello and I hope all is well.

I know this is an older post but my 7 year old has just been diagnosed with an EU

What was the final decision on what to do with your daughter? Has it help?