Babies Bladder and Bowel Control

The body produces waste matter stored in the bladder and bowel control before discharge. The bladder stores liquid waste called urine. The solid waste from the bowel has the technical name of feces. Feces are often called stools, the motion or bowel action. The outlet from the bladder or bowel opens at intervals, and waste matter is released.

The body produces waste matter stored in the bladder and bowel control before discharge. The bladder stores liquid waste called urine. Urination is the first step in the excretory system or the process by which wastes are removed from the body.

The baby’s bowels contain a sticky, greenish-black substance named conium when in the uterus. The baby gets rid of this during the first few days of life by passing greenish-black stools. The stools gradually change to yellow as milk is taken, and the baby’s digestive system gets into working order.

It is common for babies to go red, grunt, and strain when passing a stool, even a soft one. The seats of a baby fed entirely of breast milk are always quiet. Bottle-fed babies have chairs that are firmer, browner, and smellier.

Young babies cannot control the outlet of the bladder or the bowel, and the bladder, in particular, opens many times a day.

How to use the potty for baby’s bladder and bowel control

Some parents teach their babies to use a potty when they are a few months old. Usually, they do not have success because a baby of this age is still far too young to learn. However, a few babies will regularly perform on the potty. This is not because the baby knows what to do. The reason will be that the cold rim of the potty triggers the outlet of the bladder or bowel to open if the baby has regular bowel or bladder movements at particular times of the day.

Babies who use the potty in the early months may refuse to do so at 9-12 months old. A parent who tries to force the baby to sit on the potty runs a real risk of starting a battle. A baby of this age is not yet old enough to have any voluntary control over the bowel or bladder outlets. The parent should wait for a few months and then try again.

When should training begin for bladder and bowel control?

There are no hard and fast rules. Some parents want their child to be toilet trained as soon as possible; others do not mind how long the nappy stage continues (within reason)

There is nothing wrong with putting a baby on a potty at any age, and if successful, it saves a wet or dirty nappy. Problems will only result if the baby is forced to sit on the potty against his will. It is the commonest cause of later difficulties. Toilet training can only start properly when the child learns how to control the muscles that open the bladder and bowel. It rarely happens before the age of 15-18 months and sometimes later. There is significant variation in the speed at which normal children develop. Even children of the same family become clean and dry at different ages.

Development of bladder bowel control

Development of control Bladder control the usual stages of development of bladder control are as follows:

• It begins when the child is aware of passing urine and indicates he has a wet nappy
• Indicates when he is wetting his nappy
• Next, he means when he is about to do so
• Shortly after this stage is reached, he can tell his parents in time to be put on the potty or lavatory (toilet, too, or whatever it is called):
• He becomes dry during the day. Most children are dehydrated during the day by the time they are 2.5 years, but some may not be so until 4-5 years or older. Girls tend to acquire control earlier than boys.
• He becomes dry during the night as well.
• Relapse of control (regression) Bowel control is likely to learn before bladder control and acquired the same way.

Careful after using pants or nappies

It is standard for a child who has learned to control his bladder and bowel. To stop doing so for a while and return to wetting and soiling his pants. The cause may be teething, illness, change of surroundings, and insecurity due to the arrival of a new baby. There may be no apparent reason.

The relapse is likely to be short if the child is given praise and encouragement on the occasions when he is clean and dry. But it will usually last for a much longer time if he is smacked or punished and made to feel unloved and insecure.

Do not force children to use the potty

Forcing a child to sit on the potty Children who have been forced to sit on the potty against their will are those who, in later months, refuse to use it. They may:

1. Deliberately soil or wet their pants as soon as they get off
2. Withhold the motion and become seriously constipated
3. Become bed-wetters.

These problems are not likely to arise if the child is taken off the potty as soon as he wants to get off, whether he has passed or not. A child who comes to secondary the potty with smacking and scolding will not want to use it.

Bed-wetting, some children take much longer than others to learn bladder control. By the age of 5 years, one in ten children still wets the bed occasionally. They will eventually grow out of it.

How to prevent Baby’s Bladder and bowel control

How parents can help Parents should continue calmly. Patient and confident so the child does not feel upset or under stress about bed-wetting. If parents do not offer the child a during at bedtime, it allows lifting the child during the night. If the problem continues, a doctor may advise:

• I use a device involving a pad under the sheet, which starts an alarm as soon as any urine touches the sheet. The bell wakes the child, who can then use the potty.
• Medicines will help.