Poos

[tonyhawks23]

Thinking I should check here for advice- my DD 3 is constantly pooing,all day,I've done 10 poo pull up changes today,i can't see how she has this much poo in her! She can do it on the toilet,but no matter how much she does she just continues to poo the rest of the day and she will always say she hasn't done one,it's like she can't feel it there.wont tell them at nursery either.im reading the Eric website etc but just think this level of poo is so much I don't think it can be ok for her.i wonder if shes doing it to get immediate attention but not sure how I could possibly give her any more attention as it is.so just thinking of anyone else has experience of this in case it's an adoption thing?

Poor introception (e.g. knowing you need the toilet) can be an adoption thing. For a three year old not to be fully toilet trained or to regress after a big change, like moving to an adoptive family, is also not uncommon. Pooing ten times a day is a lot though so I'd be more concerned by the frequency/quantity than the fact she is is using a pull up/not noticing. Could it be overflow soiling from being constipated? That would be my first guess. Or perhaps a food allergy or bowel infection? I wouldn't go into details on here but if this has lasted more than a few days I'd discuss with your GP.

Thanks.yes think id best see the GP it's too much.i don't think it is constipation as it is just a constant lot of poos there isn't a time that she's not pooing.it feels behavioural.i don't know.il see what the GP says.

I know, it seems counter-intuitive. People assume that constipation means no poo when actually frequent and/or uncontrolled pooing is a common symptom of constipation.

I would be surprised if it was behavioural, because I think what you have described would actually be quite hard to achieve voluntarily. Everything apart from the frequency is developmentally age appropriate, so I'd be looking to see if there's an underlying medical cause, but keep pull-up changes neutral and business like so she gets the good quality attention elsewhere.

Make sure she's drinking enough water and getting enough (but not too much) fibre in her diet too.

thanks, much appreciated. I feel like its a worry that as soon as I get to this level of worried itl be over, and I hope so! il ask GP and take all these advices, thankyou.

my Daughter, when she first arrived was like this - and they were all so explosive. We think it was due to the trauma of being moved, and she very often had diarhea. She was moved at 13 months and found the move incredibly tricky. We had blood tests and things to rule out anything more sinister.

i second the idea it could be constipation - as when toilet training our daughter she ended up withholding and having very hard poos which really terrify her, which led to her having accidents (and lots of them). However just this week, we’ve upped her dosage of movicol to 2-3 a day and after about two days of accidents, we’ve not had any accidents, and for tmi the poo starts to look a bit more like a normal poo……..

for you, I would be tempted to just keep them in nappies. I think if they are just spoiling and not noticing, then it’s not behavioural but I’m not an expert. I think if they were doing something with the poo it would be more concerning (hiding it…). Give the poo the least amount of attention possible.

i would speak to a doctor but also health visitor - our doctors told us we had to speak to the health visitor anyway.

what is their diet like? Are they eating and drinking?

There is an excellent support group called, "Movicol mummies" on Facebook (terrible name but excellent source of information) on all bowel related queries. I had seen GPs for 2 years for LO to no effect and one lady on there gave advice that finally resulted in proper care. Also check the ERIC website. It is important to assess whether rgis is overflow poo which passes round a blockage - constipation can present as multiple small soft poos a day and if it is that get advice from ERIC nurses about disimpactation. As other have said it could also be a food intolerance- dairy and soya can cause this to happen as well x

Thanks all

Another one here saying overflow from constipation. 3 years old was actually when my DD was at her worst and we just didn’t know what was going on. Read the Eric website and go to the GP prepared to really push them for answers.