https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:53:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/soapy-baths-frequent-urges-to-potty#post-1373180 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 10:17:23 +0000 theknest 1373180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mae - thanks - I've heard that about baths/UTI's. Unfortunately, I don't think my Ped would know (but that's a whole different issue ;-)) - I'm guessing he would just chalk it up to "he's just learning, it happens" which could totally be the case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/soapy-baths-frequent-urges-to-potty#post-1373089 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 09:54:19 +0000 Mae 1373089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard that baths can increase the risk of UTI (in anyone not just kids), especially if the tub isn't super duper clean (but I think… regardless even if it is). So maybe that? I dunno though… call your ped? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/soapy-baths-frequent-urges-to-potty#post-1373088 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 09:52:17 +0000 theknest 1373088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Soapy Baths = Frequent Urges to Potty?</p> <p>My 2 year old son has recently been potty-trained – he is doing pretty good except there are a few occasions where he has the urge to go potty every 5-10 minutes for an hour or so. Sometimes he’ll get a little out, sometimes nothing. I thought maybe he was confusing the feelings of potty and a BM but just isn’t patient enough to wait out a BM (sometimes they follow these spells, sometimes they don’t). Anyway – when I dropped him off at the sitter today he was doing this same thing – she mentioned that this happens with boys and girls if they sit too long in soapy water…? I couldn’t find any solid internet research to back this up – and I’ve never heard of it before – so curious if anyone else has heard of this before. We do use bubble bath most nights…so who knows.</p> <p>Sorry for the novel. </p>