I know there are other threads but often they are about very impacted kids, or kids for whom movicol did not work and they are making me very anxious.
Have a 2 year old with generally slow but not shockingly so digestive transit. A bit of lactulose and prune would fix it before potty training. Would usually poo every 48-36 hr. She's physically small (not a health concern, I'm very small too).
Anyway started witholding when potty training. Not impacted - but got herself in a cycle of holding because they hurt and then they hurt more. More chronic mild constipation - pebble poos!
Eg. She pooed Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, skipped Fri and Mon. Sort of average for her - none on Monday... Then Tues but Tuesday the GP gave us Movicol.
How long will it take to kick in? Giving 1 sachet a day ... and don't want to panic (thanks anxiety) and up her to 2 or 3 assuming impaction when the 1st is still brewing... cause we'd be in what DH suggested would be a "tidal wave of toddler s**t".
I have lactulose and prunes too- so could give these too?
She's parking and saying she needs to go soon but nothing squeezed out yet.
Should I wait 24hr from 1st dose before upping it ... or longer. If she's slow to digest I guess it could take a day to fully get into the poop zone and soften stuff up?
Apologies for the mundane post but Dr google comes up with movicol not working, terrible runs, hospital level impaction etc and I don't want to catastrophuse ... next thing for us would be 2 sachet a day not 1!
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squizita · 31/05/2017 12:23
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