If feeding your kid stewed prunes and other high-fiber foods isn’t enough, it might be time to get serious with toddler constipation. One of my sons was consistently constipated after he began eating solids. He wasn’t stopped up for days on end — though that happens, ouch! — however he had lots of instances of Hurty Poop where constant straining caused little tears as well as blood in his stool.
I’m sharing this in situation our experience can assist you.
What to do when it is scary to poo
After a lot of anxious calls to our pediatrician, she recommended we start supplementing with a small spoonful of Miralax everyday (ask your physician about dosages!) to keep thing moving along. She gave us a useful analogy of the “poop train” where even regular poopers might be discharging only some of the automobiles as well as never get to the caboose.
Our physician told us that Miralax is not harmful or addictive as well as much much better than teaching a small person to fear going poop. We have him a very small quantity twice daily. It is a soluble powder that can be added to milk (shake well) or warm liquids (like a weak herbal tea).
For little people the dosage is rather small already, so a huge jug like we had lasts a long time. Over the year of treatment, we probably only went through 2 or 3 containers this visualized right. As the poop became softer as well as pooping less scary, we phased it out by using smaller as well as smaller doses of Miralax.
I wouldn’t hesitate to use it once again whenever constipation rears its awful head.
Let me know if you ever want to hear a lot more of my hurty poop stories; I’d love to hear yours!
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