Bowel And Bladder Function in Infant Toilet Training (BABITT)
Infantile Colic, Constipation - Functional, Bladder Dysfunction
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Infantile Colic focused on measuring Colic, Constipation, Bladder dysfunction, Toilet training
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Full-term infant (born at gestational week 37+0 to 41+6)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Infants with malformations or disorders that may affect the gastrointestinal or urinary tract in any relevant way
- Infants born small for gestational age (SGA), < - 2 standard deviation
- Parents with insufficient understanding of the Swedish language
- Infants older than 2 months, 1 week and 6 days at inclusion
Sites / Locations
- Unicare vårdcentral Borlänge
- Vårdcentral Kvarnsveden
- Elsborgs Familjecentral
- Falu Vårdcentral
- Familjecentralen Bönan
- Barnavårdscentral Mora
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Assisted Infant Toilet Training-Group A
Assisted Infant Toilet Training- Group B
Parents to Children randomized to group A will be instructed in how infant toilet training is performed by the investigators. They receive a book in Swedish concerning infant toilet training and a brief summary of the book made by the investigators. The parents are encouraged to begin infant toilet training as early as possible, 0-2 months of age The definition of adherence to the intervention is to perform at least one attempt a day of infant toilet training (without the requirement of a successful outcome) on at least 5 out of 7 days per week.
Parents to Children randomized to group B will be instructed in how infant toilet training is performed by the co-workers doing the ultrasound measure of rectal diameter at 9 months. They receive a book in Swedish concerning infant toilet training and a brief summary of it made by the investigators. They start infant toilet training at the age of 10-11 months. The definition of adherence to the intervention is to perform at least one attempt a day of infant toilet training (without the requirement of a successful outcome) on at least 5 out of 7 days per week.