Consult your doctor if your youngster begins to withhold. They may advise you to use stool softeners such as MiraLax, lactulose, Milk of Magnesia, or mineral oil. Recognize that it will take time. To overcome their concerns, your youngster must have some pleasant pooping experiences. They need to know that poop is normal and nothing to be afraid of.
If this situation persists for too long, see your pediatrician. Your physician might recommend an oral laxative to help with bowel movement frequency and ease. He or she might also suggest changing your child's diet by introducing more fiber-rich foods like fruits and vegetables. This can help promote healthy bowel movements every day.
If your kid is still withholding after trying several remedies, see a doctor. Your pediatrician may prescribe medicine for your child that will help them pass gas and poop at the same time. This is called "complete relief." Your toddler may also need tests done by a gastroenterologist to make sure there's no underlying medical problem causing their issue.
Most kids will outgrow the habit of withholding feces. If not, talk to your pediatrician about other options for treating constipation. He or she may be able to suggest something that will work better for your child.
Make the stool so soft that the toddler can't hold it any longer. Maintain a soft stool so that the youngster has one or two soft bowel movements every day. With this, the youngster will gradually acquire faith that passing stool does not hurt and will quit withholding. In addition, be sure that your toddler is drinking enough water daily; she should be drinking at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day. This will help maintain a soft stool.
If you notice that your toddler is going without a poo for more than three days, then visit your doctor. A toddler's body can only handle so much fiber before becoming constipated. If you don't give your child enough fluids, he will become dehydrated which could lead to other health problems. Your physician may recommend an oral laxative if dietary changes and increased fluids haven't worked after several days.
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My kid is almost three (33 months) and has been holding his feces in for several months, to the point that he won't go for several days at a time. When this began, the doctor instructed us to give him Miralax to soften his feces so it would pass more readily. This seemed like a good idea at the time, but now we're not so sure.
Here's how he uses his hands: when he needs to go, he holds his hand over the toilet bowl and lets go. He has done this since he was a baby, and until a few months ago we didn't have any problems with him being constipated.
Recently though he has begun using his hand as a glove, pulling his hand back after releasing a bomb of gas and poop. We've noticed that if we catch him in time, he will release what he has kept in up to an hour later. But there are times when he doesn't let go, which causes us problems because then we need to call the doctor or take him to the hospital.
The problem seems to stem from an area of San Diego where there is no water, only sewage, and he goes to school about half a mile away from where they dump their trash. We don't know how all this dirty water is affecting our son, but we're trying to find someone who deals with such things so we can get some answers.
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