4 year old only weeing once a day

Has anyone gone through this? Ive taken her doctors and had a urine sample tested and it came back clear!
Shes having full nappies at night but in the day will literally weeks first thing and then not again till around 3 ir 4pm.

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Is she potty trained? If so, I would make her go pee if it's been a while. We have to do this with me son. X

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Is she drinking enough? Idk I feel like that’s the main thing I’d check

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My 4 year old does this. She has a bladder of steel! She defo doesn’t drink enough and I’m constantly encouraging her to drink more. Sometimes she’s just too busy to remember to wee and other times it’s a power thing - she won’t go because I want her to.

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Sounds like she needs more water. If she won't drink water, try adding fruit pieces, adding ice, getting a cool cup. Or offer cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, watermelon etc to up her hydration

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I was this kid! I distinctly remember it doing my mum’s head in but I just was never thirsty? I also hated using public toilets / loos at school, and cups that were too big (I don’t remember why really, just that there was pressure to drink it all - I was an anxious kid) so my mum would give me a ‘special’ tiny cup, it was like a morroccan tea glass I think, so I felt less pressure to drink huge amounts but naturally would over the course of a meal x

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My 4yo has done this off & on for a couple years, it stopped as soon as he quit peeing the bed. My now 16yo did similar, but he’d at least go if I said something, our 4yo wouldn’t even go first thing in the morning. He quit peeing the bed a couple months ago, also nothing was wrong with him, just apparently learning how to hold it for 12hrs at a time so he could quit using underpads at night, cause now he’s throwing a fit if we try to use them in case he has a wet night, got so mad about it a couple nights that he actually went in his room before bed & peed on 3 of them on purpose, to get his point across. 😬

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I know it’s very young to be thinking of it but I’m dyspraxic and find it really hard to feel thirsty so won’t drink unless I set reminders which in turn means I hardly pee but also I don’t seem to process the need to pee till most people would be peeing themselves.

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