Urgent - constipated child.

[CherLooksYoungerThanMe]

Hi,

Six year old currently sat on the loo in some discomfort, very constipated. I think she's been trying to force it as there was a tiny amount of fresh blood on a tissue. Anything I can do to make the process easier? My mum is here and she suggested orange juice, which she's had a bit of, and I also had some lactulose from the pharmacist for her sister a few months back, so given a small dose of that, although I suspect that takes longer to work. No history of similar problems. She can't remember when she last went, although I know she definitely did on Sunday night.

Any quick fixes? I'll get onto maybe adding something to diet to keep things steady once we've got her sorted, but she is in a lot of discomfort. When does it become an A&E issue?

If you can leave the house at the mo, pop to the supermarket and get cartons of prune juice.
Pretty much the most effective solution there is. It looks horrid but doesn't taste too bad actually. Ger her to drink a couple of glasses of that and then....
This is why I always keep cartons of it in the cupboard. Just for this reason.

Warm bath
Blow bubbles into a glass of water with a straw
If bathroom is big enough stand in the middle and get her to blow at you to make you fall into the bath
Legs up on a stool or even squat up on the toilet seat

Warm bath and let her sit in it. Thats what a friend was advised to do with their DD.

10mins later a scream from the bathroom. Yip poop in the bath!

Suppositories and movicol are the answer-prune juice and loads of water to maintain afterwards. DS used to really suffer and I still have flashbacks-it was awful . He’s 6 now and I still keep an eye to make sure that he’s not getting bunged up, and adjust diet/fluid intake accordingly where necessary.

She finally went. Going to keep an eye on fluid intake, and fruit and veg, try and prevent it happening again. And get her to tell me before it gets to the painful point, if she can.

And I might keep some prune juice in the house.

Thanks for all your advice, much appreciated.

So glad she's okay OP, poor little thing.

Rhubarb helps as well.
Or cooked Apple with some butter in whilst it's still warm.

I've seen the update, but if it happens again I've found that a warm bath helps DS3.

I was always taught a hot bath can relax your muscles enough to make it a bit easier to go. Not sure how true that is but may be worth a shot.

Make sure it's the right fruits - apparently banana makes it worse .. the good ones are the 4 P - prunes, pears, peaches and something else I can remember!