You may be asking yourself, “What the heck kind of post is this?” Other’s may be nodding their heads in understanding. Some of you may even be clicking over to another site with a more glamorous topic….STOP! Don’t leave yet! I need help.
Let me explain. I have IBS. It’s typical for a worrisome women like myself to have some anxiety manifest itself in a physical ailment. My stress always heads straight to my gut. It will hurt, spasm, and poop to no end some days. My Paxil helps some but since the third little apple dumpling joined our gang, it’s come back with a vengence. Yes, having 3 under 3 1/2 is stressful (and fun in a crazy crazy way). So I am dealing with that. My doc has talked about having me switch meds. Watch out for me if that happens. Paxil is a real blast to get off of, let me tell you. Headaches, the spins, nausea, and irritably are just a few pleasureable symptoms. I will be in rare form and just may end up with a criminal record if it’s not handled properly. But on the upside, my own poop issues may be more controlled after that.
My second household poop issue. The one that puzzles, frustrates, and is over taking my life. It’s Zack’s chronic constipation. Ever since he was a baby, he has been constipated. When he potty trained this past year, it got 1o times worse. Everyday, we deal with poop issues. Sometimes he holds it so long, his belly bloats like a puffer fish. We have tried everything that we could think of. Right now he is on a prescription (not my first choice but nothing else we tried worked). It’s helping the physical issue of hard poopies but his will to hold it is INCREDIBLE. We have countless little accidents because of this. The poor kid is either in pain from withholding or embarrassed because he pooped his pants. It’s physically exhausting and traumatizing for him.
It frustrates me beyond all imagination. I spend my days literally wiping butt after butt after butt. Our diaper/Pull-up pile is the size of a landfill (which is just great since my hubby is an environmental consultant who deals with landfills).
Does anyone have any suggestions? Has anyone else dealt with bad constipation in a toilet traing tot? What worked? I have met my match here, the poop issues have to go. If they don’t, I might have to write more about it. Yes, that’s a threat.
June 30, 2007 at 3:21 am
I have not had constipation issues with my kids thankfully.
My dad however told me when I was a baby he would help me by scooping it out with a spoon (ew, gross I know).
I realize now he was making it up as a threat to torture me in front of my friends if I misbehaved.
One thing I actually remember my parents doing to me as a tot was giving me an enema. Yikes, did I scream trying to get away, but within moments I was running to the toilet, barely able to hold it in.
After that my tummy ache was gone.
I think I would use it as a last resort on my kiddos, but you did say you’ve tried everything….
June 30, 2007 at 4:41 am
I have used that in desparate times and it worked well. The problem never gets fixed and he goes right back to the same ol’, same ol’
Now, if your dad really did use a spoon…talk about a pooper scooper!
June 30, 2007 at 4:50 am
Okay, this is off the subject and I’m a total dork for asking but I can’t figure out how to divide my website into pages, i.e. you have this nice little Next button at the bottom of the page so that it doesn’t get too long.
How do I do that??
June 30, 2007 at 5:13 am
You’re not a total dork. It takes me forever to figure this stuff out. Ok, go to your dashboard, then options, then go to Reading. Here you go to Blog Pages and you can select how many posts to be displayed. Let me know if you can’t find it.
June 30, 2007 at 7:07 pm
Thank you mucho!
July 12, 2007 at 5:04 am
Hi. Came across your blog…I may have some thoughts. We have struggled with all of what you are saying – 2 yr old’s constipation and me with IBS! I would highly encourage you all to have a food allergy test done and not just the scratch kind, but one through a blood draw. In fact, if you can find a Dr or nutritionist to do an IgG or IgE test, that would be best. And above that, I would highly recommend no dairy! I know you might think I am crazy, and believe me, I cried for months trying to figure out how to eat without it. But if you are interested, I can give you all kinds of recipes and tips. And lastly, I would recommend a good probiotic (ask your health food store) and maybe even a digestive enzyme. I also have a health blog that I have been writing since we have been on our journey to better poops
(Better health). And I must say we are doing so great now!!! Hope this helps. Believe me, I feel your pain!
July 12, 2007 at 5:21 am
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