Four Year Old Complains it Burns When She Pees - After Swimming

[NiteNicole]

My four year old has complained a few times that it burns when she pees...as far as I can remember, it's only happened after swimming and USUALLY if she's gone swimming late one day, slept, then gotten up and going swimming in the morning without a shower in between. I try not to let this happen but often my husband will announce at six that he wants to swim and by the time they get in, she's exhausted and out before I get a chance to clean her up, then he gets up and swims with her early the next morning (this is almost always a Friday afternoon/Saturday morning issue). Yes, I know, that needs to just not happen.

Our pool is chlorinated but the chemical levels are checked daily. Nothing is high. Could this just be an irritation issue due to not getting showered? I HATE dragging her to the doctor over this and their answer will no doubt be a. tests and b. antibiotics which she never keeps down anyway. She has no fever, no other symptoms, and it did not burn when she urinated this morning.

Anyone else have this issue?

[mommahhh]

I remember that happening to me a couple of times when I was a kid. It was from a hot tub, but I think the chlorine was really high. Maybe she's just sensitive to chlorine, and when it gets left on her skin overnight it causes irritation to delicate areas. If it is late, could you at least wipe her well with a wet cloth?

[NiteNicole]

Thanks for the reply. I do think it's the chlorine and our new rule is going to be that she just doesn't swim so late that she doesn't have time for a shower and Dad will have to deal with it. I know that Friday nights and Saturday mornings are "his" time with her and I love that they both look forward to that, but it's not worth this.

I gave her a warm bath in baking soda (why? I don't know, it's what my mom always did when we had ANY kind of irritation and 9/10 it worked so hey, why not) and she was fine after.

[mommahhh]

Good to hear. Yeah, I always give my daughter salt baths whenever she has an kind of down-there issue, lol. I don't know if it actually does anything, but it seems to help.