What went wrong

It had never crossed my mind that a toddler might have UTI (urinary tract infection). This can be common in adults but children??? I didn’t know until Monday.

On Monday, I met up with my best friend for dinner and had my dad to fetch Gabby from CC. When I reached home, read the communication book (a habit formed since the day Gabby started CC) and it was written that Gabby had been scratching her private part and complained to the teachers that she felt pain in that area. I thought it wasn’t that serious until 9ish that nite. I fed her with 160ml of water and half an hr later, she was screaming loudly, clenching her fists as if she was in great pain. All of us were in shock as we keep asking her what was wrong. She just kept screaming and crying loudly. When she finally calmed down and we realized that the diaper was warm. There is a very least chance for her to react to this manner unless the pain is beyond her threshold (FYI, she do have very high pain threshold. The last time she did that when she had a bad nappy rash. The wounds were raw and bright red and only reactedwhen the wound exposed to water.)

JHon said that we should go to KKH to have it checked. We reached around 10:45pm and only reached home around 6ish the next morning. The doctor had done twice the urine test and confirmed that Gabby has UTI. According to the nurse @ KKH that this can be common among the children especially girls. She was given Antibiotics for 15 days. 1st 10 days, 3 times daily, to treat the UTI and the last 5 days for prevention.

Found an article on toddler and children with UTI, it says “Baby girls using diapers are more prone to get UTI than baby boys. In girls, the distance between the anus and meatus (the outside opening of the urethra) is short and as stool remains long within the diaper, there are more chances of bacteria entering the urethra and move upwards after multiplying. Also, in girls, during toilet training, wiping which is usually from back to front tends to push bacteria nearer the meatus.”

Reference: http://www.nativeremedies.com/articles/toddler-children-urinary-tract-infection.html

Please be careful if your babes are on diaper, especially girls. If the child has a history of UTI, chances of getting it again is high. Please do let them drink barley water/ cranberry juice on weekly basis. It does help to minimize the chance.

For Gabby, the CC has started to expose her to seat on the toilet seat and the full training will start at the 3rd quarter/end of this year instead of mid next year (cause she has gotten UTI.)

Yesterday, JHon has talked to the supervisor firmly that the CC teachers have to change her diaper more regular instead at the fixed timing and be more attentive towards the children.

I was very upset that the teacher noticed that Gabby was scratching and complains about the pain but no one from the CC had called to inform us. This is not the 1st time but this would definitely be the last time I’m going to tolerate this. Otherwise, The HONS would not hesitate to take Gabby out of this CC.