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[quote=Anonymous]My daughter, 14, is active in after-school sports and showers after getting home. She uses the toilet before showering and sometimes forgets to flush. I have lifted the lid on numerous occasions to find a rather large BM. At first I thought it might be constipation-related, but have seen the same large size on consecutive days. She seems to be regular, with one BM a day. I do know that she doesn't like going #2 at school, and usually gets the urge for a BM after lunch but will hold it in until she gets home. Honestly, with her after-school sports activities I don't know how she manages to hold it. The thing I'm most puzzled about is the size of her BMs: 1-3 well-formed stools, which are long (not quite a foot, but close to it) and firm but smooth on the surfaces (sorry about any gross-factor). It is definitely adult-sized. Maybe it is just her metabolism. At this stage I don't want to be a nagging mom, but I'm just wondering if other parents have noticed an increase in BM size as their children get older.[/quote]

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