DS hasn't been for a poo for a week now. Am pulling my hair out, trying bribes and reading poo goes to poo land etc but he manages to hang on every time he gets the urge. He only gets the urge about once a day, about an hour after lunch. He's 2 and 8 months and still in nappies.
Drs suggest lactulose and bribes.
If you know anything about poo, why does he get so few urges in a day to go? Why doesn't it happen at night for example when he's relaxed or when he's watching telly? Surely his body must want to explode and somehow take over his ability to hold on.
This doesn't result from constipation but from an anal fissure several weeks ago. So the problem is in his head rather than in his body.