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about 6 weeks ago, alix had a bout of constipation. she refused to go
to the bathroom because it hurt her. the effects accumulated so it hurt even worse. we gave her a stool softener and it resolved itself. it's happening again. recently she hadn't pooped in 3 days so we gave her a stool softener, prune juice, and raisins. finally she went poop but after we put a diaper on her because she refused to sit on the toilet. we think maybe it is the cold medicine constipating her because we had been giving it to her on both occasions. she still refuses to go to the bathroom today. she walks around saying NONSTOP, "my bummy hurts. ow. ow. ow. ow. my bummy hurts." i am past the sympathetic stage and it is just starting to get annoying. she will not sit on the toilet. anyone had this experience? will she be afraid go to the bathroom from now until...whenever? i am concerned because tomorrow is school and i don't want to keep her home...especially to listen to her whine all day. yes, i'm insensitive, but i've been listening to it for days and i just want her to sit on the damn toilet and go. she's holding it in because she's afraid it's going to hurt, thereby, making it hurt! go ahead, rip me a new one. but beware, i'm tired and annoyed! pam SAHM to alix and callie 3/24/00 |
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Pam-
Madison did the same thing for a while, but it before she was PT, so my experience was a bit different than yours. Here's what I would do... Keep giving her the prune juice, raisins, etc. so that she will have no choice but to go, and will have soft stools when she does (and keep her on that diet as long as she's taking the cold medicine). After she goes a couple times and realizes that it's not hurting anymore then *maybe* the lightbulb will come on and she'll see that it's okay to use the potty again. I'd also put petroleum jelly on her "bummy" to help it heal and keep it from hurting when the poo comes out (sorry so graphic). HTH, Andrea twin girls-Madison & Jordan 3 yrs. old about 6 weeks ago, alix had a bout of constipation. she refused to go to the bathroom because it hurt her. the effects accumulated so it hurt even worse. we gave her a stool softener and it resolved itself. it's happening again. recently she hadn't pooped in 3 days so we gave her a stool softener, prune juice, and raisins. finally she went poop but after we put a diaper on her because she refused to sit on the toilet. we think maybe it is the cold medicine constipating her because we had been giving it to her on both occasions. she still refuses to go to the bathroom today. she walks around saying NONSTOP, "my bummy hurts. ow. ow. ow. ow. my bummy hurts." i am past the sympathetic stage and it is just starting to get annoying. she will not sit on the toilet. anyone had this experience? will she be afraid go to the bathroom from now until...whenever? i am concerned because tomorrow is school and i don't want to keep her home...especially to listen to her whine all day. yes, i'm insensitive, but i've been listening to it for days and i just want her to sit on the damn toilet and go. she's holding it in because she's afraid it's going to hurt, thereby, making it hurt! go ahead, rip me a new one. but beware, i'm tired and annoyed! pam SAHM to alix and callie 3/24/00 |
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Pam-
Madison did the same thing for a while, but it before she was PT, so my experience was a bit different than yours. Here's what I would do... Keep giving her the prune juice, raisins, etc. so that she will have no choice but to go, and will have soft stools when she does (and keep her on that diet as long as she's taking the cold medicine). After she goes a couple times and realizes that it's not hurting anymore then *maybe* the lightbulb will come on and she'll see that it's okay to use the potty again. I'd also put petroleum jelly on her "bummy" to help it heal and keep it from hurting when the poo comes out (sorry so graphic). HTH, Andrea twin girls-Madison & Jordan 3 yrs. old about 6 weeks ago, alix had a bout of constipation. she refused to go to the bathroom because it hurt her. the effects accumulated so it hurt even worse. we gave her a stool softener and it resolved itself. it's happening again. recently she hadn't pooped in 3 days so we gave her a stool softener, prune juice, and raisins. finally she went poop but after we put a diaper on her because she refused to sit on the toilet. we think maybe it is the cold medicine constipating her because we had been giving it to her on both occasions. she still refuses to go to the bathroom today. she walks around saying NONSTOP, "my bummy hurts. ow. ow. ow. ow. my bummy hurts." i am past the sympathetic stage and it is just starting to get annoying. she will not sit on the toilet. anyone had this experience? will she be afraid go to the bathroom from now until...whenever? i am concerned because tomorrow is school and i don't want to keep her home...especially to listen to her whine all day. yes, i'm insensitive, but i've been listening to it for days and i just want her to sit on the damn toilet and go. she's holding it in because she's afraid it's going to hurt, thereby, making it hurt! go ahead, rip me a new one. but beware, i'm tired and annoyed! pam SAHM to alix and callie 3/24/00 |
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My older Son was like this as a toddler, I tried all the medicines and nice
tactic's but the fact was that he simply didn't want to do it because he thought it was going to hurt as it had once or twice before. It was awful, he made himself ill, he would be very lethargic and his eyes would bulge!!! It got quite desperate but we found a cure in the end. Quite cruel, but, we would sit him on the toilet and tell him we'd called the doctor, my husband would go downstairs, knock on the front door and pretend to let him in.... hey presto he would pooh instantly!!! He laughs about it now but it was quite awful at the time, and, it never made him frightened of the doctor only what he would have done to him if he hadn't got it out himself!! My twin boy now (20 months old) suffers a little too, I find just a couple of fig biscuits a day keeps him regular, I ran out last week and as soon as he missed, he didn't go, so that works for him. All kids are different its just a matter of finding what works for you. Good luck!! Tanya Andrea wrote in message ... Pam- Madison did the same thing for a while, but it before she was PT, so my experience was a bit different than yours. Here's what I would do... Keep giving her the prune juice, raisins, etc. so that she will have no choice but to go, and will have soft stools when she does (and keep her on that diet as long as she's taking the cold medicine). After she goes a couple times and realizes that it's not hurting anymore then *maybe* the lightbulb will come on and she'll see that it's okay to use the potty again. I'd also put petroleum jelly on her "bummy" to help it heal and keep it from hurting when the poo comes out (sorry so graphic). HTH, Andrea twin girls-Madison & Jordan 3 yrs. old about 6 weeks ago, alix had a bout of constipation. she refused to go to the bathroom because it hurt her. the effects accumulated so it hurt even worse. we gave her a stool softener and it resolved itself. it's happening again. recently she hadn't pooped in 3 days so we gave her a stool softener, prune juice, and raisins. finally she went poop but after we put a diaper on her because she refused to sit on the toilet. we think maybe it is the cold medicine constipating her because we had been giving it to her on both occasions. she still refuses to go to the bathroom today. she walks around saying NONSTOP, "my bummy hurts. ow. ow. ow. ow. my bummy hurts." i am past the sympathetic stage and it is just starting to get annoying. she will not sit on the toilet. anyone had this experience? will she be afraid go to the bathroom from now until...whenever? i am concerned because tomorrow is school and i don't want to keep her home...especially to listen to her whine all day. yes, i'm insensitive, but i've been listening to it for days and i just want her to sit on the damn toilet and go. she's holding it in because she's afraid it's going to hurt, thereby, making it hurt! go ahead, rip me a new one. but beware, i'm tired and annoyed! pam SAHM to alix and callie 3/24/00 |
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My older Son was like this as a toddler, I tried all the medicines and nice
tactic's but the fact was that he simply didn't want to do it because he thought it was going to hurt as it had once or twice before. It was awful, he made himself ill, he would be very lethargic and his eyes would bulge!!! It got quite desperate but we found a cure in the end. Quite cruel, but, we would sit him on the toilet and tell him we'd called the doctor, my husband would go downstairs, knock on the front door and pretend to let him in.... hey presto he would pooh instantly!!! He laughs about it now but it was quite awful at the time, and, it never made him frightened of the doctor only what he would have done to him if he hadn't got it out himself!! My twin boy now (20 months old) suffers a little too, I find just a couple of fig biscuits a day keeps him regular, I ran out last week and as soon as he missed, he didn't go, so that works for him. All kids are different its just a matter of finding what works for you. Good luck!! Tanya Andrea wrote in message ... Pam- Madison did the same thing for a while, but it before she was PT, so my experience was a bit different than yours. Here's what I would do... Keep giving her the prune juice, raisins, etc. so that she will have no choice but to go, and will have soft stools when she does (and keep her on that diet as long as she's taking the cold medicine). After she goes a couple times and realizes that it's not hurting anymore then *maybe* the lightbulb will come on and she'll see that it's okay to use the potty again. I'd also put petroleum jelly on her "bummy" to help it heal and keep it from hurting when the poo comes out (sorry so graphic). HTH, Andrea twin girls-Madison & Jordan 3 yrs. old about 6 weeks ago, alix had a bout of constipation. she refused to go to the bathroom because it hurt her. the effects accumulated so it hurt even worse. we gave her a stool softener and it resolved itself. it's happening again. recently she hadn't pooped in 3 days so we gave her a stool softener, prune juice, and raisins. finally she went poop but after we put a diaper on her because she refused to sit on the toilet. we think maybe it is the cold medicine constipating her because we had been giving it to her on both occasions. she still refuses to go to the bathroom today. she walks around saying NONSTOP, "my bummy hurts. ow. ow. ow. ow. my bummy hurts." i am past the sympathetic stage and it is just starting to get annoying. she will not sit on the toilet. anyone had this experience? will she be afraid go to the bathroom from now until...whenever? i am concerned because tomorrow is school and i don't want to keep her home...especially to listen to her whine all day. yes, i'm insensitive, but i've been listening to it for days and i just want her to sit on the damn toilet and go. she's holding it in because she's afraid it's going to hurt, thereby, making it hurt! go ahead, rip me a new one. but beware, i'm tired and annoyed! pam SAHM to alix and callie 3/24/00 |
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Good advice there, another treatment I've used, instead of petroleum jelly,
was a bit of Neosporin (OTC antibiotic) Ointment (not cream) with pain reliever. The ointment does the work of the jelly and the pain reliever, well, that goes without saying. On a more cheerful note, I can remember my hotel bound boys being afraid to use the potty on the 7th (?) floor, because they were afraid that they would fall in and flush all the way down to the ground floor. This went on for several days with one of my boys, without the "benefit" of constipation, just a strong will. Finally, on day three, I had a little 3 1/2 yo boy running around the hotel room, a bit doubled over, insisting that we GO HOME RIGHT NOW!!!!. Needless to say, a little tub side hand holding and all became right with his world. Cheer up - this stage too shall pass - PUN INTENDED. ;- Lorraine |
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Good advice there, another treatment I've used, instead of petroleum jelly,
was a bit of Neosporin (OTC antibiotic) Ointment (not cream) with pain reliever. The ointment does the work of the jelly and the pain reliever, well, that goes without saying. On a more cheerful note, I can remember my hotel bound boys being afraid to use the potty on the 7th (?) floor, because they were afraid that they would fall in and flush all the way down to the ground floor. This went on for several days with one of my boys, without the "benefit" of constipation, just a strong will. Finally, on day three, I had a little 3 1/2 yo boy running around the hotel room, a bit doubled over, insisting that we GO HOME RIGHT NOW!!!!. Needless to say, a little tub side hand holding and all became right with his world. Cheer up - this stage too shall pass - PUN INTENDED. ;- Lorraine |
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No answer for the current situation but I find for the older one of mine who
has problems (bleeding during pooping) that grapes with the skin on really help. As for the baby, she is still a horrible mess (poops in great pain at *least* every two weeks, yes weeks, whether she needs to or not) and has other problems like hourly constant *miniscule* but messy and gritty diarrhea in between times. The doc is investigating her for bugs and lactose intolerance (no dairy in her diet) right now ... but in a week since we started the regimen nothing has improved and I haven't managed to scrape together enough out of her diapers to top up even ONE of the bug-detecting test tube kits he sent me home with, let alone the FOUR we are supposed to do. Which I mention only to underline how sympathetic I am -- goodness knows how I will ever PT this one given how often she drips and how rarely she does anything meaningful. --Janet Elliot, Hanna, Connor (10/21/96) and Holly (4/4/01) "pam " wrote in message ... about 6 weeks ago, alix had a bout of constipation. she refused to go to the bathroom because it hurt her. the effects accumulated so it hurt even worse. we gave her a stool softener and it resolved itself. it's happening again. recently she hadn't pooped in 3 days so we gave her a stool softener, prune juice, and raisins. finally she went poop but after we put a diaper on her because she refused to sit on the toilet. we think maybe it is the cold medicine constipating her because we had been giving it to her on both occasions. she still refuses to go to the bathroom today. she walks around saying NONSTOP, "my bummy hurts. ow. ow. ow. ow. my bummy hurts." i am past the sympathetic stage and it is just starting to get annoying. she will not sit on the toilet. anyone had this experience? will she be afraid go to the bathroom from now until...whenever? i am concerned because tomorrow is school and i don't want to keep her home...especially to listen to her whine all day. yes, i'm insensitive, but i've been listening to it for days and i just want her to sit on the damn toilet and go. she's holding it in because she's afraid it's going to hurt, thereby, making it hurt! go ahead, rip me a new one. but beware, i'm tired and annoyed! pam SAHM to alix and callie 3/24/00 |
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No answer for the current situation but I find for the older one of mine who
has problems (bleeding during pooping) that grapes with the skin on really help. As for the baby, she is still a horrible mess (poops in great pain at *least* every two weeks, yes weeks, whether she needs to or not) and has other problems like hourly constant *miniscule* but messy and gritty diarrhea in between times. The doc is investigating her for bugs and lactose intolerance (no dairy in her diet) right now ... but in a week since we started the regimen nothing has improved and I haven't managed to scrape together enough out of her diapers to top up even ONE of the bug-detecting test tube kits he sent me home with, let alone the FOUR we are supposed to do. Which I mention only to underline how sympathetic I am -- goodness knows how I will ever PT this one given how often she drips and how rarely she does anything meaningful. --Janet Elliot, Hanna, Connor (10/21/96) and Holly (4/4/01) "pam " wrote in message ... about 6 weeks ago, alix had a bout of constipation. she refused to go to the bathroom because it hurt her. the effects accumulated so it hurt even worse. we gave her a stool softener and it resolved itself. it's happening again. recently she hadn't pooped in 3 days so we gave her a stool softener, prune juice, and raisins. finally she went poop but after we put a diaper on her because she refused to sit on the toilet. we think maybe it is the cold medicine constipating her because we had been giving it to her on both occasions. she still refuses to go to the bathroom today. she walks around saying NONSTOP, "my bummy hurts. ow. ow. ow. ow. my bummy hurts." i am past the sympathetic stage and it is just starting to get annoying. she will not sit on the toilet. anyone had this experience? will she be afraid go to the bathroom from now until...whenever? i am concerned because tomorrow is school and i don't want to keep her home...especially to listen to her whine all day. yes, i'm insensitive, but i've been listening to it for days and i just want her to sit on the damn toilet and go. she's holding it in because she's afraid it's going to hurt, thereby, making it hurt! go ahead, rip me a new one. but beware, i'm tired and annoyed! pam SAHM to alix and callie 3/24/00 |
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