Aimee Re: New to board w/ 2 yo on Miralax

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Hi Aimee--I used to live on Okinawa! Quite a culture shock and

climate shock for me at first, but I grew to like it there quite a

bit. I sometimes think about going back, at least for a visit.

It's really neat there, so I hope you enjoy it.

Well, if you decreased the miralax by that much and then she started

missing days, then I would try to get some more fiber and liquid

into her, and I would do this very slowly...i.e. take your time with

the process of trying less miralax and then trying more of a fiber

product and increasing liquids.

There is a new one called Fiber Sure on the market and it is not the

same as Benefiber, so you could give that a try. The health food

stores would also likely have some type of liquid magnesium that you

could start her on... in the Files section of this board, I put a

link to information about magnesium, and how much a person can have

at any given age, so you could consult that for some general info.

There are some powdered magnesium supplements online that you could

try. For the b-vitamins, I would start with having her take a good

multiple vitamin.

Also explore dietary factors... you could try getting Doris Rapp's

book, Is This Your Child, and then start to read about her rotation

diet...you could have her off of all milk/dairy products for a week

or two and see if that has any positive impact at all on her stools,

and then reintroduce and see if she becomes constipated again, or

try having her off of breads, etc.

So it sounds like, when she is on the miralax, her bm's are kind of

messy, i.e. too loose and soft? When you first started decreasing

the miralax, you said it wasn't as messy as usual, so maybe it was

more formed?

If you stay on this decreased amount for several weeks, just take

note of how often she goes...if she is able to go every other day,

and they are more formed, then I would view that as an improvement

in that going several times a day, loose and messy, isn't

necessarily the greatest thing. You don't want food to be passing

through her so fast that she's not getting full nutrient value from

it, so if you can find that right balance where she is going once a

day or every other day at the longest, then that would seem OK.

Going several times a day with loose stuff may make it harder for

her to potty train in the end; she may have too many accidents with

it being so loose.

So if I were you, I'd stay somewhere near that dose you are using

right now, but try the fiber sure and increased liquid intake, and

then look into the magnesium--just a little.

Post again and let us know how it's been going--I see that you wrote

this last Saturday--so how has she done this week? Did you stay at

the reduced dose?

W

>

> I have a 2 yo old DD who has been on Miralx for about 10 months.

> She takes 2 tsp a day. Her doc wants her on it until she potty

> trains. It has really helped alot but after reading your posts

here

> I get nervous. We were previously on Lactulose and hated it

because

> she had stomach cramps and it just wasn't really working that

well.

> We have also tried benefiber and fruiteze and I swear both made

her

> worse.

>

> About 4 days ago I started reducing the miralax by 1/8 tsp. So

she

> is now gettin 1 7/8 tsp. Sunday she didn't poop, Monday she

pooped

> twice but it wasn't as messy as usual and today she didn't poop

> again. Could that 1/8 tsp less, be cause this? I surely hope not

> or I will never get her off.

>

> She usually poops at least once a day. It is is hardly ever

formed

> though and is usually very messy.

>

> All of these other suppliments you are talking about are very

> confusing. What do you all suggest I try along with slowly

weaning

> off miralax. I need the easiest to use and buy first because we

are

> moving to Okinawa in a month and I won't be able to just run out

to

> the vitamin store.

>

> Aimee

>