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why are babies incontinent?

  • 18-08-2009 1:10pm
    #1
    metrovelvet
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    Ok I know this is a stupid question so forgive me.

    It seems like there is very short notice between the toddler getting the signal that he has to pee and the peeing itself? Is it because things are much shorter in their little bodies?

    Also if things are much shorter even by their standards, meaning shorter than normal for a toddler will that make potty training harder or should it make no difference?


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  • #2
    Stark
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    The child doesn't yet understand that it's not always appropriate to pee immediately so if it wants to pee, it simply does. A child will also feel less pressure than an adult at that age so muscle relaxation can happen straight away, no having to relax before it can happen. The length of the tubing isn't going to make a significant difference to the speed at which the pee enters the outside world.


  • #3
    Traumadoc
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    babies are not incontinant, if they were they would "dribble" all the time. They pass urine when the bladder is full, they have not been thought when and when not to pass urine.


  • #4
    flerb22
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    neural pathways establishing proper control of muscles in a socially conscious manner havent been established.

    the baby cant walk or talk or pee into a toilet until he/she has been taught to.


  • #5
    MrCreosote
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    As traumadoc says they're (usually) not really incontinent- the reflex arc is working normally, it's just not under conscious control. So bladder full-reflex-bladder empties is an autonomic nervous system action, never reaches the brain.

    Later on as the CNS myelinates the potential for conscious control is there and the reflex can be controlled up to a certain point. But until this happens the toddler can't be toilet trained.


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