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[quote=Anonymous]My 8 year old doesn't have actual accidents but she regularly changes her underwear multiple times a day because she is getting to the bathroom a split second late and getting her underwear wet. I think it's pretty common at this age. I think it's pretty much 50/50 a split between:

1) waiting too long to go even when she has the opportunity to do so, because she doesn't want to stop what she's doing. It's the same reason she will tell me she's "just about" to hop in the shower for like 20 minutes. She's just delaying doing a necessary but not particularly interesting task. AND

2) her schedule sometimes makes it hard to go. Think about it. You have an 8 year old's tiny bladder, you walk around with a water bottle all day long, but also for a big portion of the day you need permission from an adult to go to the bathroom (just so they know where you are) and often have to wait until you are in a place to ask (because you are moving between the gym and the classroom, or driving from school to soccer practice, etc.). Yes, the answer there is to make sure you always go when you have the chance. This requires a bit of forethought and organization, which my kid is getting better at but is still working on. She's figured out she needs to use the bathroom when we stop for gas on a long car ride; she's still figuring out that she should use the bathroom sometime after lunch at school if she doesn't want to be running for the bathroom when she gets to tai kwon do a few hours later. She'll get there.[/quote]

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