Recurring UTI in Children

Bubble bath and/or soap in her bath water is a likely culprit. If she's taking baths it would be a good idea to switch to showers at this point. If she already takes showers, make sure she's washing herself from front to back and doing so early in her shower... (rather than at the end of her shower with the washcloth that's picked up everything from the rest of her body).

Poor baby.

Lastly... Whether she likes it or not... try to get her to drink a glass or cranberry juice every day. (not cranberry cocktail but the real juice). If really can't stand it, you can get cranberry tablets she can take each day to help keep her little pH in order.

Good luck.

Be careful of the "soap" or bubble bath or liquid bath gel she is using to bathe.
Some are irritating to the privates area.
Just use Dove soap, or something neutral/gentle.
Lots of the "kiddie" bath soaps, are full of fragrances and coloring and is irritating.
Or just have her do showers instead. If she is not.

2) If the Doc, is always prescribing the SAME antibiotics, then it may not work, or not be working. In this case, then a DIFFERENT family of antibiotics, needs to be used. IF assuming, she has an infection of some kind.

Is she on preventative or reactive antobiotics? I was on a low dose of bactrum every day for several years when I was younger (maybe ages 3-5?) for chronic UTIs. That was the only thing that prevented them. After I stopped taking the daily antibiotic, I got down to only having one or two a year.

If she's not yet seeing a pediatric nephrologist and these are still being treated by her primary care doc, I would go to a specialist. If she's already with a specialist, find out what the long term plan is - is there a certain number of recurrences that they look for before going to preventative antibiotics? I know that needless antibiotics are something that we all like to avoid but in the case of stubborn UTIs, the benefits of using these seems to outweigh the risks and are an effective way of getting these under control.

Make sure she is wearing cotton undergarments, which allow air circulation and discourage the warm, moist environment needed for bacteria growth. Here's some interesting reading: http://www.babycenter.com/404_is-it-true-that-bubble-bath...

Hi L.,

Good advice so far! The one thing I would add is you might want to try alkaline water. The acidity in some of our water we consume creates problems. Also avoid any type of inferior vitamin products. Stay away from Flintstone! Keeping the digestive system healthy with fiber will do wonders for the kidneys and urinary tract as well!

Regards,
M.