Posted: 10/21/2004 4:18:57 PM EDT
My daughter (7) is getting constipated alot lately. Her diet has not changed, and she is usually pretty regular. I'm not sure why this is, and am wondering how to stop it. It is easily taken care of with a little prune juice, but I am looking for prevention. Any ideas are greatly appreciated.
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| Is she drinking more milk or eating more rice? My daughter has "issues" in that department so I have to monitor how much rice she eats and how many milk products. Otherwise prune juice it is - though she really isn't fond of it and it is getting more difficult to get her to drink it. |
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Ohhh, you don't know what I have gone through this past year...my daughter is also 7 (2nd grade) and had the same issue. However, it turned out to NOT be anything linked to diet! It turned out to be that she was "self regulating" to prevent having to go #2 on the auto-flush potty at school for fear that she would be sucked down while in mid-poo. In stopping the inevitable from happening, she caused her system to constipate itself from holding in so much poo.  I implemented a smiley face system in which she earns a smiley face for each successful poo and she now has no poo issues at all.  Prune or pear juice may help some if it's truly diet related. Drinking enough water can't hurt either. Sometimes dairy can constipate and unfortunately kids get a huge amount of this. Good luck! |
Bran cereal, muffins, etc. Fruit and veggies too... |
I'll have to tell my GF to do this for me. 
My sister actually mixes a small amount of prune juice into her daughter's milk. My niece is 3 and has been drinking this concoction since she's been drinking cow's milk so getting a 7 year old to start might not be easy. |
I have the exact same fear. |
I fear elevators who's doors close automatically. 
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I fear the Best Buy puppet. |
I fear dolls that "talk" or "walk". And I may as well throw "pee" and "poo" in there too since this is a poo thread. |
That reminds me. The dolls that open their eyes when they are held up right and close them when they lay down, freak me out. |
Pardon me ladies, wrong forum!!
Mrs B was similarly afraid of the air-assist toliet in our hotel during our honeymoon. (Polynesian Resort, WDW, 1997.) She all but begged me to complete the operation. Ya see, I'm not afraid of toilets. I used to work in the wastewater (sewage) industry. This one time in Myrtle Beach.... |
 I used to wonder if escalators would suck you through at the end. |
MallRats |
Wedge, you would NOT have liked the dolls I bought for my niece last Christmas. Two dolls (boy & girl, supposed to be twins) in a set with a double-stroller (side-by-side), just like she specifically asked good ol' Uncle HardShell for. Except they talk. Their heads swivel, their eyes & mouths open & close, and they TALK. Not gibberish - responses to how you move or hold or place them. And not just responses - sometimes they tell you what to do to/for them. If you place them in each others seats in the stroller, they'll tell you they are in the wrong seat and ask to be moved. And if you leave them alone long enough, they'll turn toward each other & start talking to each other. And singing together. Sometimes an hour or more after they were last handled. I'm telling you - the creepiest thing this side of Chucky...  My sister-in-law says they haven't had batteries in them since mid-January.  SORRY for straying from the poo topic - but these things could scare the poo out of someone late at night, if that counts... 
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OMG! Do they still come to life in the middle of the night and kill you if you take the batteries out? 
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[It turned out to be that she was "self regulating" to prevent having to go #2 on the auto-flush potty at school for fear that she would be sucked down while in mid-poo. Our DD had a similar experience at around 3years old trying to pee out along the highway -- you know the line..... "I have to go!" -- seems this snake went slithering through a cow skull right near where we pulled over. -- Needless to say, she dried right up and will only use the flush kind to this day...... |
My mother makes it a point to buy this type of doll for my daughter as she KNOWS they freak me out...Aubrey has two that "talk and say ABC's and sing together". Needless to say I keep those things separated as they have started to converse while packed in boxes...
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Yikes. I'd rather take my chances with an unaltered one.
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My little AT-AT. |