CONSTIPATION,TODDLER,PAIN,HOLDING IT IN, BABY
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i have a 1 1/2 boy with same since he was about 7 months. i use suppositories once in a while but he hates them and unless i hold his bumm together in my arms he pushes ir out right away. he i s now on lactulose syrup which binds the poop together with suagry liquid. if i stop for a coulple days he is back to constipation that takes him days to push out then it is a big painful experience for him where i help him. he drinks 3 cups milk/day- 4 oz. and eats lots of fruit but i was told maybe to switch milk due to possible allergy?(not by doctor). but could i not just water the milk down?
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My daughter who is now 19 months had a terrible problem with constipation. She would cry in pain. I feed her lots of vegetables so I couldn't understand why she was having so many problems. I started using flax seed oil and it has been working wonders. I HIGHLY recommend it to those of you who have not tried it. I saw results in less than 1 week. She has had regular bowel movements without any strain or pain. We have not needed to use a suppository in 1 week. This is all good news. I have been using 1tsp in her cereal or yoghurt per day. Since it is an oil it is hard to mix but she seems to not mind it. Good Luck to you all! I know how difficult it can be to have their little digestive tracts on tract. Not sure if this article is noted in these threads but it has some good information - http://www.askdrsears.com/html/8/T081100.asp
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My son will be 3 in April and we too are experiencing this terrible problem. My whole day revolves around when / if he is going to poop! He will literally hold his butt together so the poop will not come out. He crys that his botton hurts and it is breaking my heart. We just started using Miralax. He is not a juice drinker and I thought he ate a pretty good diet considering the occasional McDonalds happy meal. Can anyone else offer any other help. The doctor just says the same thing that everyone else has heard.
It's so sad and frustrating, why won't these little ones just poop? I read him the book Everyone Poops, and all he says is "I bet their poopy doesn't hurt", how sad is that?
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It's so sad and frustrating, why won't these little ones just poop? I read him the book Everyone Poops, and all he says is "I bet their poopy doesn't hurt", how sad is that?
Help!!
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For the younger ones - Baby Prunes!!! - and lots of it. My son is 14 months and has been doing this for the last 4 months. Not having a bowel movement for up to 10 days a time. We've been to the doctor's increased fluids, changed diets, suppositories, had to give him enemas when too much time elapsed. Now he he gets very little dairy (he is still breastfed) lots of vegetables and PRUNES. He won't eat from a spoon and he hates prunes so I have to sneak it. He has one bite of whole wheat bread which he loves and then on another piece of bread is a spoonful of prunes that I sneak into his mouth. Lactulose doesn't hurt either. I just give that to him when he is due for a bowel movement. Its over the counter.
My older son also does the same thing. He is three and isn't as bad as the younger one. He gets Lactulose as well around the time he is due for a bowel movement and that seems to help.
My older son also does the same thing. He is three and isn't as bad as the younger one. He gets Lactulose as well around the time he is due for a bowel movement and that seems to help.
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I am on here trying to find a solution to my 2 year old daughters issues. To agree with the above, I feel that yes, a therapist is the only remaining answer. My husband, son and I are at our wits end with this precious little Olivia and now after stickers, charts, toys, candy, movie priveledges, I have nothing left. She is holding it in, passes a stool pretty much everyday but only if my husband forcefully holds her against her strain and only then will a poop fall out. It is beyond stressful, frustrating... it's driving me nuts!!!!! I am a stay at home mom and so I know what her diet consists of, who she's around, etc. Her pediatrician says that its normal and the behavior will pass? DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's been a week now... a long, draining week... I'm glad to know I'm not alone but GEEZ!!!????!!! I hope someone comes with a solution soon. We're using Little Ones stool softener once a day, she hates it of course, and lots of water, apple juice, strawberries, fiber... no luck. I don't think any pediatrician knows what the answer is (sounds like).
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Hi, I have the same with my 19 month old daughter, she holds it in for days and then when she want's to go and can not hold it in any longer it is too hard for her to get out. I was suggested fig syrup. This works but she still has this fear and tries to hold it in. I really don't know what to suggest I am just hoping she grows out of it.
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My daughter, now 2 1/2 has been constipated since she was about 7 months old. She had a lot of painful poos and we'd have to give her suppositories after 5-6 days of her straining and only getting little pellets out. She's been on miralax since about 18 months old and that mostly controlled the constipation but still only pooed every 2-4 days and they were huge. Recently she started holding her pee too which prompted me to look for more help (her doc just kept saying give her more fiber etc - I couldn't get any more fiber in this kid!). I found the 'PEEP Clinic' online and they've recommended a treatment that she's been on for the last couple months which has made a huge difference and totally improved our lives. She's now on a combination of miralax, exlax, and mineral oil in order to keep the poo soft, get her intestines working properly, make it painless to go, and so that her bowel can get down to proper size again (all stretched out from the yrs of holding poo). This is supposed to both retrain the holding behavior (because now it does not cause her pain) while correcting the bowel stretching. Using all three is short term and then she'll just be on miralax for awhile. We've had to tweek the doses in consultation with the clinic but it's really made a huge difference for her and I'm so happy that we're dealing with it rather than just brushing it off as her doc was doing.
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My daughter who also has constipation problems since she was 9 months and until now...17 months....have tried everything except for the laxative. My mother told me to let her eats papayas and it actually works however she doesn't like to eats it often. You should try it too.
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I just wanted to tell you all that I totally understand how helpless you feel when your child is hurting and you cannot really help. My daughter who just turned 2 also does the "holding it in" and goes into almost a rage when she has to poop but does not want to. This is affecting how much she eats, which is affecting her weight - which is concerning the doctors enough to warrant trips to a pediatrician. The doctor told me prunes and lots of liquid (she won't eat prunes anymore...) and stimulating the anus with your finger when you know they need to go. We also tried suppositories which don't really help and then another doctor told us to try Lactulose syrup. NOTHING WORKED. She has to get over the psychological part and then it is fine, but it is especially important that we as parents do not let the child get to the point of the hard hard stools which is what causes the horrible anticipation. I really had to encourage and pretty much demand my daughter to consume more liquids and fruits. and you really do have to be careful that you are not giving foods that cause constipation. And one more trick - although she will not drink prune juice or eat prunes anymore, I started giving her the prune juice in the same syringe as medicine and that gets her to take at least 5ml a day which helps a LOT with the hardness of stools. WATER WATER WATER! And I try and talk her through and get her to relax, and tell her to push it out and it won't hurt as much if she just pushes it out. Forget the potty training and let her squat wherever she wants until she can figure out that it is not the tragic event she is so scared of - sitting on the potty only makes it worse. The other thing that worked before is doing the deed in the water - but now she tries to jump out of the tub when she knows what is coming. Also a suggestion to keep the area well lubricated with vaseline when you know the event is coming - this will help with stretching/tearing from hard stools. I know, it is torture for the little ones and for us adults that go through it with them. I hope this post helps! |
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