Guest guest Posted March 21, 2002 Report Share Posted March 21, 2002 Hi : My son, Evan, 6, DS, has had this constipation problem. It started when he was about 2-3 years old. After battling it for about a year and a half, the gastrointerologist placed him on a new prescription called MiraLax. It comes as a powder and it has NO taste whatsoever. All you do is mix a teaspoon to a teaspoon and a half into the morning and nighttime feedings at first. They drink it and never know it was in their drink. It doesn't thicken or change the taste at all in anything that you put it in. Eventually you can drop back to only one dose a day (we now only use one teaspoon in the morning juice) just to keep him regular. Believe me, we had the crying/screaming and the bleeding when it came to " poopy time. " I don't envy you at all. It is so hard to see our babies suffer. MiraLax is good stuff, and here it costs about $17.00 for the smaller size bottle of it, or $34.00 for the large size. Such a simple solution to a problem that we fought for what seemed forever. I hope your pediatrician will prescribe it for ny. Terry Mom to Evan, 6, DS and Kohl, 4 months, nda ---------------------------------------- mommyof2inaz@... writes: << Hi everyone!!! I haven't posted in a while. Been very busy & just recently lost a pregnancy so i'm abit out of the emails!!! I just logged on today since last week & have like 1000plus. I do have a question & any info/help/suggestions would be greatly appr. ny has now turned 1!!!!! Can't believe it. We have always struggled with constipation but the past 3 months are horrible. Diet doesn't help, he gets Milk of Magnesia nightly & i still have to give him liques suppositries to go. It's just horrible. He strains & bleeds. UGH, the dr's keep telling me diet & MOMag. but he is really misearble. Anyone else have this problem??? {{ DeStefano{{{ Mommy to: Lynn & { >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2002 Report Share Posted March 22, 2002 <<Hi everyone!!! I haven't posted in a while. Been very busy & just recently lost a pregnancy >> I am sorry to hear this. Hugs to you and I hope you are doing well. Ted was never constipated...in fact quite the opposite and rather loose. I hope you hear from someone with helpful advice. Gail, mom to Ted (10) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2002 Report Share Posted March 22, 2002 Hi. Constipation has not been a problem for us, but several of the families in our parent group have faced this issue. They all swear by Senekot. You might ask your doctor about this product. I think that you can get it over the counter. Darcy Constipation >Hi everyone!!! I haven't posted in a while. Been very busy & just recently >lost a pregnancy so i'm abit out of the emails!!! I just logged on today >since last week & have like 1000plus. >I do have a question & any info/help/suggestions would be greatly appr. >ny has now turned 1!!!!! Can't believe it. We have always struggled with >constipation but the past 3 months are horrible. Diet doesn't help, he gets >Milk of Magnesia nightly & i still have to give him liques suppositries to >go. It's just horrible. He strains & bleeds. UGH, the dr's keep telling me >diet & MOMag. but he is really misearble. Anyone else have this problem??? > >{{ DeStefano{{ > { Mommy to: Lynn & { > >{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2002 Report Share Posted March 22, 2002 Hi! : My daughter had constipation when she was in her first two months old and when I started giving her solid food. She was 7-month-old then. I took an infant massage class. The instructor taught me how to help your child's constipation. This is how she taught me. Let the child on her or his back, and use your hand gently massage her or his tummy (around the belly button). The motion is clockwise. IF the child has diarrhea,and do it counter clockwise. She doesn't have constipation since I gave her massage. I think the massage itself won't hurt him at all. It may be worth a try. Good luck. ( mom of Joanna 13-month-old) __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2002 Report Share Posted March 22, 2002 In a message dated 3/22/02 10:59:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, writes: > UGH, the dr's keep telling me > diet & I know of a child who was diagnosed with Hirschsprungs at 18 months. He was breast fed up to a year and as long as he was the constipation was rare, but as soon as he went to a regular table food diet, no mommy's milk he started having major constipation. Dr made same type of recommendations, plus prune juice that your doc has given you. It took them 6 months and the threat of a lawsuit to get the docs to retest this child for HD (he was tested as a newborn when it took several days for him to produce his first bowel movement)--unfortunately the radiologist hadn't read the first film right. Ask your docs about testing for HD if he continues to have problems. nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 You have to be very careful with this - constipation is when the stool is very hard or difficult to pass. When I had my daughter she defecated when she was born (literally during my c-section) and a few more times in the hopital. Then when I brought her home she didn't go for 5 days. Then after that she only went once every 5-6 days. My family was screaming at me that she was constipated, and that I was making her sick by not taking her to the Dr and making her go. She wasn't in any distress, wasn't pushing, and wasn't crying or acting any different. After about 4 weeks of this (and my family and husband's family giving me baby laxatives and screaming at me for not taking her to the Dr) I finally took her and the Dr did a thorough exam and said her bowel sounds were normal and she was not constipated. I talked to some of my teaches (I was a student in holistic health and all my teachers were Drs or practioners in HH) and they all said that breast fed babies *usually* go more often, but they can also absorb everything up and not go for days at a time. She contunued like this until my milk dried up at 3 months (I didn't know then how to get it back) and then she started going once a day. From a logical standpoint I don't think you can gauge constipation by how often one goes, but the consitency and level of difficulty passing... I could be wrong, but this is what my experience has been : ) constipation I read several times now that if you go only once a day that you are still constipated. How many times a day is how often you should be going! The line from that Batman movie popped in my head, " This town needs an enema! " Just joking ofcourse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 I would agree with that . As a breastfeeding counsellor, I was always concerned about babies who didn't have daily bowel movements, but it is a fact that when they are exclusively breastfed, they can and do absorb pretty much everything in the milk and therefore do not always have masses of waste. Like you, I would say degree of difficulty and consistency of bowel movements are the defining criteria. When a breastfed baby is having easy bowel movements and the stool is soft, mustard-yellow, formed and not offensive in odour, that baby is not constipated, even if it is only having one bowel movement a week. Once they start solids, or if they are artificially-fed, it is a different matter, but while exclusively breastfed, no need to worry. Sue x You have to be very careful with this - constipation is when the stool is very hard or difficult to pass. When I had my daughter she defecated when she was born (literally during my c-section) and a few more times in the hopital. Then when I brought her home she didn't go for 5 days. Then after that she only went once every 5-6 days. My family was screaming at me that she was constipated, and that I was making her sick by not taking her to the Dr and making her go. She wasn't in any distress, wasn't pushing, and wasn t crying or acting any different. After about 4 weeks of this (and my family and husband's family giving me baby laxatives and screaming at me for not taking her to the Dr) I finally took her and the Dr did a thorough exam and said her bowel sounds were normal and she was not constipated. I talked to some of my teaches (I was a student in holistic health and all my teachers were Drs or practioners in HH) and they all said that breast fed babies *usually* go more often, but they can also absorb everything up and not go for days at a time. She contunued like this until my milk dried up at 3 months (I didn't know then how to get it back) and then she started going once a day. From a logical standpoint I don't think you can gauge constipation by how often one goes, but the consitency and level of difficulty passing... I could be wrong, but this is what my experience has been : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 I must say that this would be one problem my family definately doesn't have. Since birth, my daughter soils at least 3 to 6 nappies a day. I will be so glad when she is out of them. And they are always the type that are the worst to clean up. As for the rest of us, well no probs there either. Fieldman constipation I read several times now that if you go only once a day that you are still constipated. How many times a day is how often you should be going! The line from that Batman movie popped in my head, " This town needs an enema! " Just joking ofcourse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 OK, so maybe breastfed babies are different. But I totally belive that the rest of us should definately be going more than once a day unless you're only eating once a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 Not pooping is not an issue at our house either! : ) Sheri B. www.shaklee.net/simplevitality Products in harmony with Nature Find out why we've been around for 50 years __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Can any one share with me what can be used to treat constipation? I've tried lots of vit c and it didn't help. Is it a symptom of under active thyroid which will subside once fully medicated? . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Hi , Psyllium seeds with a lot of water. You must be properly hydrated otherwise you will always be constipated whatever you take. 2 litres of fluid plus a day taken throughout the day. Not in one hit as that can cause its own problems. Kind regards, Tina > > Can any one share with me what can be used to treat constipation? > I've tried lots of vit c and it didn't help. > Is it a symptom of under active thyroid which will subside once fully medicated? > . > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Ordered today,is magnesium citrate a good one? > > Can any one share with me what can be used to treat constipation? > > I've tried lots of vit c and it didn't help. > > Is it a symptom of under active thyroid which will subside once fully medicated? > > . > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Yes! Luv - Sheila Ordered today,is magnesium citrate a good one? ,___ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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