Seeking advice

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I am new to the group and wonder if anyone here can relate to and/or

advise on my experience.

My little boy (3yo in May) had a pattern of a BM every 6-7 days. He

was and still is otherwise a perfect picture of health! Picky and

super fastidious, but totally healthy

His infrequent BM pattern began as soon as solid foods were

introduced. He was solely breastfed until 10mos. and did not warm to

solids until 18mos. So for a good while, the BM's were infrequent, but

soft enough and not bothersome to him. I did not feel his infrequency

" issue " was a problem that warranted treatment until about one month

ago when he cried a lot during a BM.

Because 2 family members of mine had experienced success with miralax,

I asked our doc about it and he said that given my son's aversion to

any oral meds and his erratic, toddler-like food tendencies, miralax

seemed like a good option. The docs I know have nothing bad to say

about miralax.

So far, we have had no major problems. Then I found this group and am

now wondering if I should be doing something different. I was giving

him one capful daily and he began to go every 2-4 days. Also, the BM

(sorry for the graphic description) is now super paste like. It is

not as runny as diarrhea, but it is not solid at all. He goes no prob

now...no straining, red face, or cries. However, I recently worried

that his BMs were too loose, so I tried this week to go to every other

day and now it has been 5 days with no BM.

So, what should I do now? Do I just stop the miralax even though it

was the only relief we have had (runny poop and all)? Do I go back to

the daily dose but try it with less? If so, how much less? Is it

" normal " that even with the full daily dose, he was not a daily pooper?

Please note that he loves to eat prunes, pears,and raisins, fairly

regularly. However, I can not get him to drink juice of any kind. He

hates anything super sweet. The only way he takes the miralax is with

a white tea (Honest Tea-Pearfect) that I buy at Whole Foods. I can not

successfully disguise flax from him (unless someone here has a trick I

can try) and he will not swallow ANY oral med/liquid unless he thinks

it's yummy and he is in control. If I were to force a liquid down his

throat, he would vomit it back up within 20 seconds (a tested theory)

Oh and for what it's worth to this diagnostic picture, he still

nurses a few times a day.

I would very much appreciate anyone's kind feedback, experience, or

advise.

Thanks in advance,

is