Pediatric Suppositories

stewz · May 2013

Hello everyone,

Ok, so my ds is ff and poops every 3 days (doc says is ok). However, he hasn't pooped since monday or maybe sunday except for a very hard little piece of poop 2 days ago. Doc said to give him some apple juice diluted and a suppository. I bough a pediatric suppository and gave him 1/4 of it and it immediately melted and he tried to poop for like 5 minutes and couldn't. That was an hour ago. What would you do now?

Oh and i got him to drink about 1-2 oz of the apple juice/h2o right before the suppository. any suggestions?

brachysira · May 2013

I would call your doctor again. I think those are supposed to work and if not it could be a more serious blockage. You could try more of it and/or using a thermometer to stimulate, but if that doesn't work, I would not wait until the weekend.

rjeller32 · May 2013

brachysira:
I would call your doctor again. I think those are supposed to work and if not it could be a more serious blockage. You could try more of it and/or using a thermometer to stimulate, but if that doesn't work, I would not wait until the weekend.

Yes

When I had to do it with DD1, I hardly had enough time to move my hand, the poo was just flowing. It should definitely work within the hour. Call your pedi.

MrsBigTime · May 2013

They don't always work right away. Usually they do, but if they don't it doesn't necessarily mean there is a serious issue.

Try bicycling his legs up near his belly and/or rubbing his belly is downward, clockwise circles.

Personally, I'd probably massage his belly for a while, bicycle his legs and bend him at the waist for a while and then try another quarter of the suppository.

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