Dd has been prescribed movicol for most of her life, since about 9 months. Also glycerine suppositories which we use extremely rarely. She is not physically constipated - what comes out is soft - but she can hold it in for many days. Typically, she'll do the poop dance for several days before finally going, and goes once per week, even with movicol. She gets very upset about it, asks for a new nappy sometimes several times before going, and cries during (because she's withholding still). She's desperate to be changed asap after, even if she's not finished yet.
The Dr just says to keep going with the movicol, but it's not helping the issue really. Her diet is good, lots of fruit and veg, and she's on breastmilk rather than cow (she won't give it up...). I don't think she takes enough fluid though, and do allow squash and ice lollies as well as water for this reason.
Does anyone have any tips? Would potty training maybe help? She loves doing wees on the potty and the toilet, does a few every day, self initiates, etc, and has for a very long time (unlike her big brother who was a very late bloomer...). I would have already switched her to pants if it wasn't for the poop issue. She loves wearing them.
She's so uncomfortable, so often, it's awful for her. She's excellent with her words, but she is a recent 2, and I'm not sure she'll be able to vocalise why she doesn't want to go beyond that she doesn't like it or doesn't want to.