DD has withheld poo since I toilet trained her last year, and I manage it with lots of fruit and sometimes Lactulose (which I bought over the counter) to keep her poo soft so she can't withhold.
Anyway, I though we were making progress, with a poo every 2-3 days but she has been holding again recently. She did do a very big poo last Tues and a smaller one on Friday, but then on Sunday she was off colour all day and didn't eat much and she was sick when we put her to bed.
The next morning (yesterday) she seemed OK and had breakfast normally. As the day went on, it was clear she still had a poor appetite and she did a (sorry TMI warning) very runny, funny coloured poo (think korma sauce) at teatime and was sick again.
Today has been much the same and I am struggling to get her to drink enough, but she has just done another runny poo, but the strange thing is that it had a hard lump of poo in it (about the size of a small plum) and now I am wondering if the runny poo is leaking around an impaction?? Not sure why I think it, just a hunch maybe...
I have taken her to the GP before for constipation and withholding and they weren't very sypathetic and didn't give me anything (although they did feel her belly) I just think this is strange for a sickness bug to only really 'produce' anything in the evening.
Has anyone had any experiences like this? Will take her to the GP tomorrow, but don't want to waste time if it is just a bug. She is 3 btw.