2.5 year old, suddenly bedwetting

[Blando]

Hi all, my 2.5 year old has been night potty trained for 5 months with max 2 or 3 wee accidents in that time, but suddenly started bedwetting practically every night for a Week.She has always struggled with infrequent poos, likely caused by withholding.

My gp agrees the bedwetting is likely due to impacted faeces & has prescribed movicol. Initially 2 sachets followed by 1 sachet per day until she experiences 4-5 reliably soft bowel movements, then to wean down.

She has been on movicol now for 5 days and has had daily poos, with 3 days of type 6.

There has been no improvement in bedwetting. I wasn't expecting it to work this quickly so that's fine but I'm unsure as to whether it's sufficient to work at all given the info I have read on disimpaction.

Grateful for any advice thank you.

[ERIC-Charity Partner]

Dear Blando , when constipation is diagnosed, it's recommended (NICE Guidelines) that you clear out all the old poo with a disimpaction. Constipation is common around the time of potty training,

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the above information may help. Also, make sure she is drinking 6-8 cups of water based fluid spread evenly through the day to exercise the bladder. It's important to think about what she is drinking too; some drinks such as blackcurrant and orange may irritate the bladder.