SCHOOL: WHEN LITTLE GIRLS REFRAIN FROM GOING TO PEE
As soon as Lila has set foot in the house, she rushes to the bathroom. And it's like that every day.
Mary, her mom, starts to worry. It seems that at school, it's a little complicated on that side ...
At school, little girls do not dare go to the bathroom
Go pee when one is student in small section of kindergarten, it's a real expedition!
To avoid any accident, the teacher take the whole class to the bathroom at each recreation. And whether they want to or not, children are invited to pee. We then make sure that they wash their hands well before going to play. Side learning hygiene, it's great. Side respect of the intimacy , it is more average. Most of the time, the toilets have no separation. For the modest children, this lack of partitions poses a real problem.
A cause of urinary tract infections in little girls
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We see children refrain from going to the bathroom in the first year of kindergarten. The phenomenon especially affects girls, for whom it can be the cause of vulvites andurinary tract infections.
At this age, the bladder is still very unstable, its storage capacity is limited. By dint of restraint, little girls usually end up letting out a few drops of urine. Still fragile, their vulva can then be irritated by contact with panties permanently wet, with the key redness and itching. Not to mention that the stagnation of urine too concentrated in the bladder can promote the development of germs , and therefore urinary tract infections.
How can girls stay away from going to the bathroom?
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At first, talk to your daughter. Ask her why she refrains from peeing at school. Is there a lack of paper? Slip a packet of tissue into your bag. She does not dare to do in front of her comrades ? Ask the teacher if she can pass it when there are fewer people.
In the most problematic case, after urinary infections too long stagnation of urine in the bladder, the doctor may do a certificate asking the teacher to allow the child to pee in enclosed toilet , and in outside expected hours , when the envy arises.
Side prevention To avoid urinary infections
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we teach some simple rules to little girls:
- Drink enough water
- Do not wait to go pee
- In the toilet always wipe from front to back.
The points you mentioned in the article are true and open conversation with the girls is very important.
Yes @preetika , having a heart to heart talk with the girls is more effective, this way they can easily express themselves.