She has been on Glycolax for 9 months now and still tries to hold her legs together when she feels a BM. She tries to stop the stool but most times it will soil her diapers leaving her with "nuggets." She gets rashes and refuses to use the potty. I am going nuts changing diapers and trying to get her to drink her medicine so she goes most days. Potty training is out of the question at least for now... Please help!!!
2006-11-01 11:27:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
It probably hurts. Also, if she's been to the doctor for this problem and is taking medicine, she's very aware and self-conscious of this "problem". Some kids even develop separation anxiety because they feel the poop is a part of them they are losing.
My friends' son got so constipated that it required medical intervention. She would tell me about the latest episodes of poop or lack of poop every time I talked to her on the phone. I knew her son must have been within earshot, and even little kids pick up on that. He's still not completely potty-trained at 5 and I personally think this affected it. He is also underweight because he started refusing to eat because it made his tummy hurt (because he was so backed up).
This is a rather extreme example, and I don't mean to suggest that this is the situation with you. However, I would do your best to downplay the attention to this matter to make you daughter less self-conscious of it. Try going a whole week without a mention of it. Change her diapers, offer the medicine, but don't put any emphasis on it or complain or coax her to go. See if that helps her relax.
2006-11-01 11:38:05 · answer #1 · answered by eli_star 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By brother (surgeon) and his wife (pediatrician) had the exact same problem with their 3 year old. She was on a stool softener also.....What worked for them was basic potty training trick. When she goes to the BM make it the bigget thing in the world!!! Take her to chucke cheese, the park, anywher she loves....for those times you can't get out with her or at night by some little toys from the dollor store and give her a reward when she goes! Don't worry you will not be doing this forever! Soon she will be proud of her self when she goes and she will get used to it and the prozes can be given more sparingly...My niece has it almost down pat! Now they are telling her that once she goes BM everyday for 30 days (almost everyday) they will go get that family pet......It's been 4 months and she is still doing it with ease and they keep telling her that that puppy is coming (they just moved so it got delayed!)
2006-11-01 14:10:30 · answer #2 · answered by Beautifulme 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Never leave any stone unturned!! Since you are so close to your daughter than right now you need to sit down and have a talk with her and I think that is where you will get your answers!! It could very well be that when it is time for him to leave it upsets her and so she won't tell him good bye because she is angry that he is leaving!! There can be several reasons that she is acting this way and I say go to the source which is your 6 year old daughter and be understanding to whatever it is she tells you, don't just brush it off because she is just 6. whatever the reason, it is affecting your life and hers and your husbands so get to the bottom of this and there is no time like the present!!! Best of luck to you and your family!!! Congrats on such a loving and wonderful family I pray there is just a minor issue here that can be handled with as little as a talk to explain to her whatever it is that is bothering her!! You sound like a great mom and I have faith you will handle this matter like the great mother you are!
2016-03-28 04:00:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My four year old daughter was also doing the same thing. She was also on a prescription laxative but it didn't help. Her doctor finally decided to send her to a pediatric G.I. doctor and he did a rectal biopsy. And found out she has Hirschsprung's disease and that's why she couldn't have a normal BM. She is having surgery on Monday to correct the problem.. I would reconsider it being "psychological" and make sure its not something else. My daughter could have been diagnosed and treated a long time before now if the other doctors would have stopped saying that is was her just being stubborn.. Good luck
2006-11-01 12:00:13 · answer #4 · answered by tristarr212003 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some little kids feel like they are going to lose something when they feel like they have to poop!
Try not to worry about it so much but help to try to explain to her what a poop is! Maybe she will become ok with it over time!! Tell her that when she eats food her belly takes all the good stuff out for her body to grow and the rest turns into poo. Then has let all the yuckies out because her body doesn't need it!!! This part sounds gross but show her the poo and dump it into the toilet and let her flush!! She will eventually get over it...how many adults do you know that still have this problem??? probably none..time will heal this one!!
Good Luck
2006-11-01 11:35:02 · answer #5 · answered by yidlmama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did this start after she had a hard or painful bowel movement? My daughter had the same problem. As gross as this sounds, I let her stay in the bathroom and watch me use the toilet, I showed her the "poopie" and let her flush the toilet. She also observed her young cousin use the potty. When you change her diaper let HER dump it into the toilet and flush it away. She will overcome it eventually.
2006-11-01 11:43:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called encopresis. Google for:
encopresis child
There is a lot of information if you once know what it's called.
My son had it until he was in first grade, when we discovered a specialist in the University of Iowa Hospitals, and after that it didn't take long to fix it.
2006-11-01 11:38:20 · answer #7 · answered by retiredslashescaped1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well i sure hope she goes because i had a friend that knew a mom and her kid wouldn't poop and developed colon cancer because of it ....good luck
2006-11-01 11:35:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋