CONSTIPATION,TODDLER,PAIN,HOLDING IT IN, BABY

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.

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.

my son started with constipation nearly 2 yrs old. he was already potty trained he used to poo in the toilet really advanced for his age. Suddenly one day he got constipated he pushed, cried he got really stiff, sweaty and took him a coiple of days. I tried lactulose, fig syrup etccc... finaly he did it and my god that was big!!! I thought it was a one off and suddenly a couple of days later he started the same procedure. He then apart from being constipated he started holding it in and causing more trouble as the poo dries up! Took him to pedriatrician and gave him movicol powders. They can take 12 sachets a day if needed. we started 1st day 4 sachets 2nd day 3 and so on. on the 4th day he pooed whether he wanted or not as this powders make him go. It's not considered a medicine. You mix with the right amount of water into a drink or tea in bottle or beaker. Milk or orange juice are the best. No taste though!! the water you mix is what sstays in the interstines and keeps the poo wet as long as you are giving him the movicol. Even though it's the same as diarehea it's not it's the water effect. My son now is 2yrs and 10 mths and he has still not overcome his fear of constipation he asks for a nappy when he want's to poo and still sweats and gets really worried about it though now with these powders it does not hurt. He takes 4 sachets daily spread between the day. a bottle of tea with 6onces of water, 3 onces of milk and 2 sugars can take 2 sachets, so 2 bottles does the job. Hopefully one day he will overcome the fear and get back to the toilet. Try it!!!

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CONSTIPATION PAIN and HOLDING IN in a toddler

We are in the same boat. My 2.5 year old daughter is holding stools, crossing her legs to keep it in, and has constant soft stool/soiling from all the miralax. This problem started right before her 1st bday and has been persistent.

I totally relate to MISHINE's comment about "what to do next... therapist?," because we feel this is most about a fear of pooping. We're good parents and have enough sense to try fiber/water and use the prescription interventions to help our DD pass stools. So I'm worried this is psychological, too.

Any alternatives except Enemas for toddler constipation?