From the very first days of the baby, pediatricians draw the attention of a young mother to the fact that it is important to control the amount of fluid and food consumed, the color of urine and bowel movements. Therefore, when a child does not go to the toilet a little, or, conversely, too often, it is necessary to find out the reasons for this behavior and, if possible, consult a doctor.
How many times should a child write a day?
There is no clear data on how much a child should urinate per day. On your complaint that the child rarely goes to the toilet, the pediatrician can only advise you to monitor the amount of fluid intake. But let's think based on real observations of preschool children.
From birth, the baby writes often (on average 20-24 times a day), there are rarely cases when a newborn stays dry all night from the first days. At 1-1.5 years, the capacity of the bladder increases, and the baby can remain dry for two hours. In the same period, the baby can remain dry all night due to the fact that the filling of the bladder slows down. Consequently, if the baby goes to bed at 21:00 and gets up at 7:00 in the morning, then on average the child goes to the toilet 8 times a day on average.
At 3.5-5 years, the baby can tolerate 3-5 hours without a pot, then with this mode in a day, he can go 3-5 times to the toilet in a small way. But these data are purely theoretical, since you need to look at fluid intake. If you think that the child does not go to the toilet well, then you need to trace how much he consumes per day of water, tea, fruit compote, fruit drinks, milk, liquid from the first courses.
For example, in maternity hospitals, children are allowed to drink boiled water 1-2 times a day between feedings (no more than 30 ml). Pediatricians also say to give a child water up to a year 1-2 times a day (no more than 60 ml), especially during a period of illness or heat. But one child can drink water with great pleasure, and another prefers to drink a liter of milk per day.
In summer or in a stuffy room, children drink more often and more, and in winter or in a ventilated, humidified room, respectively, the volume of fluid consumed is less. In this case, of course, there is no reason for worry if the child does not go to the toilet a little. Therefore, mothers should control the amount of fluid consumed before panic in the pediatrician's office.
How to determine that the child does not go to the toilet a little ?
- Keep a diary for one week, where you will write down what the child ate and drank during the day.
- Write down how many times the baby went to the toilet. It is best to measure the volume of urine at the time of observation, as is done in the hospital. To do this, pour urine from a pot into a measuring cup and write down the data in a diary.
- Observe the well-being of the child and write down in a diary by the clock about mood swings.
- If possible, invite your baby’s friends or siblings for 1-2 days to look at changes in their diet. It has already been proven that "for company" the baby can eat and drink those products that he does not consume alone.
Weekly observations will be enough for the pediatrician to see if there are deviations in the development of the baby. Any doctor will say that if the baby is cheerful, cheerful and energetic, then there is no reason for panic. If the child does not go to the toilet a little, and it bothers him, hurts, becomes a cause of moods and mood swings, then you need to contact a pediatrician, urologist, surgeon and take tests.