severe constipation

Re: severe constipation

• hannah&ben

  March 2011

  If they've got a big ol' poo that's hard and won't come out no amount of water, juice, prunes etc. will help... the longer it stays the worse it will get b/c the colon keeps absorbing water from it.

  So, either an enema or a glycerin suppository.  They make both for little ones.  It's not pleasant to administer but used only occasionally are extremely safe.
  

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• sprads

  March 2011

  It's coming out, just really slowly. I have used a glycerin suppository also even though it expired in August.

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• KYmama9286 member

  March 2011

  We load up on miralax (he already takes it daily but I up his dose if he seems to be more constipated than normal) and if that doesnt work I add prune juice to all his bottles and do a suppository at bed time-- I've found they stay in easier and he wakes up feeling better with a full diaper.
  

  

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• kel716 member

  March 2011

  While the other suggestions probably work better, the other thing that helped us was taking a rectal temp. 

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