Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are these toddlers just not eating enough fiber? Drinking enough fluids?

Lots of different reasons why a toddler might have trouble pooping, from low tone or other issues in the GI tract, or issues like reflux that make them hesitant to drink and result in low levels of dehydration, to anxiety around potty training.

So, amounts of fiber and fluids can play a role but it's not as simple as people not feeding their kids right. Parents can do everything right and still have a kid with these issues.

Bingo!

Anonymous wrote:Getting back to Miralax - how long can you use it for? On the box it says to not use for more than 7 days...but I keep giving it to my son for almost 2 weeks now

My ped said to use it everyday for a week, then every few days for maintenance.

Anonymous wrote:Are these toddlers just not eating enough fiber? Drinking enough fluids?

Sometimes it's just the nature of their bodies. My daughter frequently downed pints of fruits, veggies and other fiber-rich foods, but was still constipated. I was stumped as to why. The ped said it was normal.

One thing I wanted to note is that sometimes raising fiber intake isn't the solution for constipation. The trouble is that the stools become hard and difficult to pass, so what you really need is something that will soften the stools. Pureed prunes work very well for this purpose. I give DS a bottle or two every day. (I learned this fact about needing to soften stools on DCUM - it was great advice!)

Anonymous wrote:Says the anonymous poster with no training or proof of small serving of Gatorade had I'll effects.

Wha?

DS was on miralax for @ 6 months and is now a healthy, consistent pooper, 2 years later! Just wanted to offer my support that miralax does work and does create healthy bathroom habits.

There is no way the Gatorade pearl-clutcher is for real. Don't feed the troll and it will die.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bitch we are talking about how to get a kid to drink miralax.

Constipation causes a lot of problems. Reflux happens to many "healthy" children.

A child visiting a nephrologist is not healthy, sweet pea.

A child who needs Miralax has a medical problem too. Chronic constipation is a real medical issue.

A 3yo holding poop because of a power struggle doesn't have a medical problem. There's no need to flush your child with Gatorade for such reason.

Strangely enough, I turn to my pediatrician for medical advice, not DCUM. The OP's pediatrician has advised her that her child needs help with pooping, therefore I'm going to assume that there is a problem, one that is being treated with medication. Gatorade may be part of the solution.

Furthermore, no one has suggested that she "flush" her child with Gatorade which implies huge quantities. People have suggested giving her child one small glass of Gatorade a day in order to disguise the medication, and possibly help with any underlying low level dehydration that sometimes contributes to constipation.

Says the anonymous poster with no training or proof of small serving of Gatorade had I'll effects.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bitch we are talking about how to get a kid to drink miralax.

Constipation causes a lot of problems. Reflux happens to many "healthy" children.

A child visiting a nephrologist is not healthy, sweet pea.

A child who needs Miralax has a medical problem too. Chronic constipation is a real medical issue.

A 3yo holding poop because of a power struggle doesn't have a medical problem. There's no need to flush your child with Gatorade for such reason.

Anonymous wrote:Are these toddlers just not eating enough fiber? Drinking enough fluids?

Lots of different reasons why a toddler might have trouble pooping, from low tone or other issues in the GI tract, or issues like reflux that make them hesitant to drink and result in low levels of dehydration, to anxiety around potty training.

So, amounts of fiber and fluids can play a role but it's not as simple as people not feeding their kids right. Parents can do everything right and still have a kid with these issues.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bitch we are talking about how to get a kid to drink miralax.

Constipation causes a lot of problems. Reflux happens to many "healthy" children.

A child visiting a nephrologist is not healthy, sweet pea.

A child who needs Miralax has a medical problem too. Chronic constipation is a real medical issue.

Anonymous wrote:Bitch we are talking about how to get a kid to drink miralax.

Constipation causes a lot of problems. Reflux happens to many "healthy" children.

A child visiting a nephrologist is not healthy, sweet pea.

Bitch we are talking about how to get a kid to drink miralax.

Constipation causes a lot of problems. Reflux happens to many "healthy" children.

Anonymous wrote:My daughter's pediatric nephrologist suggested Gatorade too. And while admittedly she did go to medical school and specializes in kidneys, she must be too busy worrying about permanent kidney damage (that can lead to a kidney transplant) due to grade three kidney reflux to warn me about kidney stones and the sodium content in a drink for “professional athletes”.

I do think I will send her a link to this thread and let her know that a DCUMommy thinks she knows better than she.

We're talking about healthy children here. Is your child healthy?