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Miralax for My 23 Month Old?
Asked by A.C. from Charleston
on February 17, 2010
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My son who will be 2 friday has had belly pain for several weeks. The dr ran some tests they all came back normal. The x-ray showed some mild "back up" in the bowels...
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- before i would do the miralax i would go to mother earth or an all natural store and see what they have for the back up before i would use adult drugs on my child all ...
- I know it's milder than most laxatives. I believe it's more like Metamucil or a 'bulk' (fiber) stimulant that softens the BM's. Probably feeding him more fiber and h...
- my 3 yr old is on it and it just helps him have more regular soft stools. he still doesn't even go daily, sometimes it is a day in between. i would try it and see how ...
Withholding Stool Even Though He Is on Miralax
Asked by J.J. from Los Angeles
on July 25, 2010
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I am wondering Why my child is still trying to withold stool even though he is on a high level of Miralax. He has about three tablespoons a day. The goal was to get ...
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- Ok- get him off the mirilax. That stuff is anti freeze. (really). And it is not even FDA approved for long term use( i think no longer than a few weeks) You can saf...
- Hi J. - you HAVE to try Juice Plus soft chews for him. Not only so you can get him off Miralax so he can have healthy poops, but the nutrition will get his immune sys...
- I would give him 1/4 tsp of powdered acidophilus bifidus a day. It will regulate his gut and make it easier for him to go. He probably does not like straining to go ...
Potty Training
Asked by S.S. from Kansas City
on March 15, 2008
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I have a 23 month old son and I was wondering when I should start potty training him. He is one of those kids that is constantly running. I am afraid that I will not b...
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- S., In my experience, you can do it if you are 100% consistent. It will take several days, depending on your son. Set the timer for every 10 minutes to start and ...
- I have 3 boys -- none of them were really "trained" until their 3rd birthdays, even though I used different tactics with each. My advice is: Don't push it, you'll ma...
- I would sit him on the potty chair tell him what it is used for and ask him to try it out he may enjoy to feel all grown up or resent it all together also aks dad to t...
Potty Training
Asked by R.S. from Houston
on February 16, 2008
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I am trying to get my 5 year old son potty trained. He will go #1 in the toilet but he will not go #2. I don't know how to make him realize that he is a big boy now ...
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- I have five children 13, 11, 6,6, and 3. Still working on potty training my three year old. I find she is resisting, I think wanting to be a baby. Good news is, she l...
- Ok I may get reemed for this one... Reward him! I know it goes against every mom advice book out there but give him something every time he does a good job. My daug...
- We had trouble potty training our son, too. One thing that helped the bm's was that my husband made a little step for him to put his feet on. He made it to kind of g...
Potty Training
Asked by A.A. from St. Louis
on July 24, 2008
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Calling all potty training advice. I have a little boy who turned just turned 3 and I have a 2 year old little girl. I feel like I have been potty training my son fo...
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- A year ago (just before turning three) we were having the same problem and I just didn't understand why he would have little accidents all the time in his underwear an...
- I have 4 daughters, 3 are potty trained. I know its hard, but I put panties on them when i started potty training them. i read in a book when i was potty training my ...
- Hi, A.! Potty training certainly can be a challenge. I have four boys and all of them trained at different times and ages. It is frustrating, but just wait until he...
Potty Training
Asked by N.S. from Washington DC
on January 31, 2010
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I am in the process of potty training my, soon to be 3 year old, son and he is having trouble having BMs on the potty. He is normally very regular and goes once or twi...
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- Have you asked him what he's concerned about? Also, I let my son pick out a $10 truck at Target and he sat on the potty and tried to poop every five minutes for two h...
- I agree with SM. In addition, you want to be very observant of your son's signals. His body will make him what to evacuate. Watch when it initially happens and enco...
- I had this experience with my daughter. She would also have pee accidents when she was trying not to BM. I kept reiterating that it was fine. I also told her that...
Potty Training
Asked by T.S. from Beaumont
on December 3, 2009
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my daughter is potty training----she is doing well with number 1 but has a hard time with number 2--she says she is scared of poop -- any suggestions? anybody know w...
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- Here's an interesting blog on this topic by a child/family therapist. We own a preschool and w/o knowing more details (her age, etc), a large adult potty is sometimes...
- That was the same thing with our daughter. She started holding it for almost a week at a time though until it was so painful for her. It was horrible for all of us. Al...
- We picked out a special toy for our daughter, that she was allowed to have the first time she pooped on the potty. I keep a box of small things I find that are on sal...
Potty Training
Asked by C.A. from Pittsburgh
on March 14, 2008
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Hi my name is Crissy. My son Jordan was diagoinas with high function autism last year. I had him the dart program and found a wonderful daycare that is very understa...
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- God bless any mom trying to get their kiddo to poop on the potty!!! My son, 3 1/2- just started last week all on his own. I had tried everything....stickers, prizes, ...
- I have a 4 year old with an undiagnosed learning disorder (we go to the developmental ped on 3/31) and she doesn't consistantly pee on the potty and is barely sqeezing...
- Patience, patience, patience. Let him go at his own pace. He will do it in his time, not yours. Congratulations to you and your caring for him, God's creature.
Potty Training
Asked by J.O. from Milwaukee
on April 23, 2008
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I'm having a hard time potty training my 3 3/4 yr old boy. For the most part we have #1 under control, but not #2. He knows when he has to go, runs and hides, then c...
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- I'm in the same boat and need advice too. A.
- Hi J., I will say the same thing as Cindy...to get rid of the pull ups. They are the worst things ever created. I had same situation with my daughter. She will go # 1 ...
- Take your child in to a doctor just to be sure- I took my daughter in and it turned out she was so constipated! After getting her on a laxative for a week she was fin...
Potty Training
Asked by M.J. from Charleston
on February 2, 2010
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my twin daughters are peeing on the potty, but will not poop. they use miralax daily,however they will not poo on the potty, theyalways cry for a diaper. any advise?
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- I was just dealing with this today and my mom gave me some ideas... she doesn't know how to control all those muscles yet and even if she wants to poop she can't beca...
- give them more time, perhaps don't mention it for a while. My daughter did the same thing. I asked her if she wanted me to just step outside the bathroom door and give...
- It took my daughter 4 months of peeing before she'd go poop. I bought her the book "everybody poops" to get her to come out of hiding, and then I bribed her with elmo ...
