Toddlers: 24 Months+

Toddler constipation - 7 days and counting...

My DS is 28 months old and has not pooped in 7 days.  He has been on Miralax (1/2 capful) everyday for the last week.  We have cut out dairy and give lots of fruits and prune juice.  Last night we took him to the doctor.  They felt his stomach and said it was gurgling.  They told us to up the Miralax to 1 full cap a day and said we could try Pedia-Lax.  Last night I gave him one oral tablet of Pedia-Lax and still no poop.  The doctor also said that they have seen toddlers hold poop for 2 weeks.  DS is mostly acting normal, but he's been very emotional.  However, I think that he may be holding his poop in.  We recently started potty training because I noticed that DS started to absolutely HATE having a poopy diaper.  He was asking for diaper changes and even getting up in the middle of the night and crying for a diaper change if he had a bowel movement.  Over the past week he started to ask to have his diaper taken off.  Last night after we gave him the pedia-lax tablet, he asked a few times to have his diaper off, I think because he was feeling the urge to go and didn't want to do it with the diaper on.  I have no problems letting him go diaper free at home, but he is in daycare during the day.  We are thinking of giving him a Pedia-Lax suppository tonight to see if that produces any results.  I just don't know what else to try.  Has anyone been in a similar situation or have any advice?  Thanks in advance!!   

Re: Toddler constipation - 7 days and counting...

  • I agree with a suppository or enema. If you wanna keep it oral, you could also try milk of magnesia or magnesium citrate. They're both available over the counter.

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  • Thanks for the responses and tips!!  We mixed Miralax with prune juice and water.  We got him to drink the whole cup and that did the trick.  Thank God!!  Five bowel movements in the last 24 hours, but I've never been so happy to change a poopy diaper! 
  • If you do an enema make sure you do it fast(not with a lot of force but get it done) and close diaper up FAST.  We were a bit too slow also I was timid and scared of hurting her.  Once dd figured out what was happening she was pissed if we had been faster it would have been better for all involved.  Why didn't Dr office give her an enema?  That's what our Dr. office did.
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  • LOL read the posts before you respond!  Yay!  Congrats.

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