Son Having Irregular Bowel Movements

Take him off ALL dairy products for 2-3 weeks. You will see a huge change!

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I would try raisins, grapes, prunes, anything but we were told not to let her eat bananas as they were very gassy and would bind her. My daughter who is now 13 has been under the care of a pediatric GI since she was a toddler for constipation & one thing that has worked well was kondrimul (spelling?) but I would speak w/your dr first. We would give it to her every night before bed and sure enough she would go every morning. It's not a prescription but you have to get it from the pharmacy. Miralax did nothing for her and they really try not to get children to rely on any form of laxatives. We actually had to retrain my daughter at the age of about 8 or 9 to go to the bathroom. She would have to sit on the toilet each night for about 10-15 mins whether or not she had to go just to get her body to feel like it had to. All it takes is one bad bm for them to get that fear in them & to hold it. Another thing that works well is a warm bath - we even had a few accidents in the tub when she was younger, but i'd rather deal w/that then a screaming child in the e/r packed all the way up w/dried up you know what. Best of luck to you.

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R.,

My son is right there with yours. He has been going through it since he was 8 months old and now he is almost 9. We are trying to weane him off the miralax. However that is a slow process in our case due to he fact that our son is an extremely picky eater. But you do need to stop the dairy, that is a big culprit. You do need to get fiber into his diet and get him into see a gastroenterologist right away. When my son gets to bad I have to give him pediatric enemas at home to help relieve the constipation. I don't recommend this unless it is a last ditch effort.

I wish you all the best, however I do recommend having him looked at by a specialist they will be able to give you a better idea of what is happening with your little guy!

Good luck from another mother in the same boat!

S.

Has your doctor diagnosed encopresis? Did he offer any advice besided miralax? My son had issue right around the age 4 he withheld his poop voluntarily b/c he was afraid it would hurt. he held it in for 10 days pediatrician sent him to mergency room. They gave him an adult enema - which he held in for 20 minutes. he was put on stool softeners for a full year and we had to do behavior management excercises to get him used to pooping on the toilet. I highly recommend that you google encopresis! And read about it. So we made sure my son had lots of fiber in his diet, but he was scared to poop so that wasn't the real issue. If you would like to message me I would love to give you more info if you need! Most likely just changing diet it not gonna do it...
I was just reading other answers and we did the same as gerri we had to retrain my son by toilet sitting also!

Have you tried a stool softener?

It is his diet- chech out WestonPrice.com, and I love Nourshing Traditions cookbook.
We also use probiotics and like Simplexity=800-###-###-####.
Best, k

I think that I would get probiotics for him. They are great for the digestive system. I would try bananas to get him to go.

OOF! Sounds like the poor guy is constipated. He could probably use more liquids & a lot more fruit & veggies in his diet (which can be difficult with a 4yo, if he's the picky type). Not especially dense foods like apples & bananas, but juicy things - watermelon, mandarin oranges, grapes (cut in 1/2). Good luck!