to have done nothing about this yet? WARNING - Way TMI and poo related

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When ds (9) poos, he poos big. I mean really big, to the extent that sometimes it comes above the level of the water in the toilet, and more often than not I find myself having to break it up with old wire hangers so that it will flush because it all comes out in one big piece.

This has been going on for over a year. I mentioned it to the GP once and he said that if he isn't having any stomach aches and it doesn't hurt him to poo, then it's not a problem, so I haven't worried too much about it. I have never seen any blood there or anything, and he tends to go every other day. But now I'm starting to wonder if there is something wrong and whether I should be taking him back to the GP, or something I could give him to help. He is a fairly fussy eater, but I'm generally happy with his diet.

They are seriously huge, they really don't compare to anything dh or I could produce in one go.

Any ideas?

The size isn't a problem,it sounds healthy tbh. But if it is hard etc he may need more wholewheat to soften and push it through so that he goes more than once a day.

I don't think your GP will be interested unless his poos are causing problems other than being potential drain blockers. If there's no pain, blood or physical problem with getting them out, it's a housekeeping rather than a medical issue. Make sure he drinks plenty so they're soft enough to shift.

I think you'll just have to keep breaking their back with the hanger. Lucky you

Lol, my 8 year old DD is the same, she doesn't 'go' very often but OMG when she does they're quite alarming.

I thought it was quite healthy? Hadn't occurred to be to be concerned about it other than the annoyance of it taking about 14 flushes to go. As long as they have a good diet, and DD does - plenty of veg and they're not in pain then I'm sure it's fine.

It's clearly the size of the modern toilet bowl which is the problem here. Sales of wire coat hangers must be escalating ( yet I can never find one when I need one)

Thus must be one for the dragons den designer people. Or an opportunity for an enterprising MNer!?

my daughter is the same but does gets quite upset and finds getting them out quite painfull. she is 4 and only goes ever 3-4 days. we have had with-holding problems in the past and i think this may have caused her to stretch. sorry tmi

My eldest is like this, at 4.15pm every other day he'll take himself off to the loo for 20 minutes with a good book.

I've never seenanything like it. Though his poos look healthy they are huge, I find myself wondering how the hell all that could possibly fit in him.

It sounds normal. My other son poos twice a day, again, normal.

If you can't get over your worry though, do go to the GP, certainly don't let us diagnose normality, let the GP do that.

Thanks for all the replies, it's good to know I'm not alone in this! And that it is even considered heathy to some. I really do wonder how it comes out of him, he is quite small for his age and among the shortest in his class. It looks like it must hurt but he assures me it doesn't.

Thankfully I am a slattern and make dh pay to have all his work shirts ironed so I have a good supply of wire hangers.

I might get the GP to give me a phonecall, they are quite good at telephone appointments for little worries like this that don't warrant an actual appointment.