Child's constipation movical

[Kirsty03]

My little girl been on movical sachets for over a year but she been need more throughout the day cause she been struggling badly but she will refuse to drink them she doesn't see me putting them in her bottle but taste it and knows it's different any one any advice what I can do so make sure she drinks them?

Flavoured milk

Oh sorry I see you said "bottle" is she a baby?

I meant sippy cups or her straw bottle and wasn’t sure if I could put it in milk if it clogged it up and she still get her cows milk in her bottle at night time before bed hard getting her off it

I used the plain ones and mixed it with sugar free squash / Ribena etc

Yeah she on the plain ones and I’ve been doing that for a while but now she won’t touch it with it in

I mix dd’s (4) with yoghurt or those little petit filous chocolate/vanilla desserts then nag her to drink lots of water/weak squash ice lollies.

It’s not perfect but it’s the only way to get the stuff in her at the moment. Seems to work fine as long as I keep the fluids going in. Ds’s dr is taking the ‘she’ll grow out of it’ approach so she’s a long term user of movicol. Needs must and all that.

She’s getting a mr frosty for Christmas and I’m contemplating spiking that!

How old is she? Maybe you should ask your health visitor. Can you ring them?

I put it in a glass of juice/cordial made a touch stronger than normal

She almost 2 had this problem since 6 months but it’s gradually getting worst and making sure she has a balance diet aswell and just keep getting ignored about it saying just keep trying her with the powders

How about asking for the chocolate flavoured version?

You can mix it in jelly or freeze into lollies I personally have tried all the flavours and chocolate one is very palatable pop it in chocolate milk and child would be none the wiser

Another option is to ask for lactulose for a bit. If I remember rightly that’s a syrup so you could Administer the same way as calpol etc. Again drinking plenty is the key. Warm drinks are also more helpful than cold I’ve found.

The dr will be inclined to use stool softeners/laxatives because in the absence of any other symptoms it’s likely down to an immature digestive system and will resolve.

As I said dd is 4 and started on movicol around the same age as your dd. The dr still isn’t interested in investigating (even though it’s caused no end of issues with toilet training ). I think the magic number is 7 for investigating but you could ask for a dietician appointment.

Eric is a good website for childhood constipation.

We put ours in Smoothies

We mix with a little bit of water and an equal amount of orange juice.

I mix my dd's in with a touch of water to dissolve and then give in normal cow's milk. She has a sachet morning and night. This has been the only way we've ever had any success as she won't touch juice or flavoured milk