Movicol dependent child 'cured' - my dd2

[treedelivery]

It's true!!

DD1 has been constipated for 4 years [shes 4.5]. We did a lot of potty sitting and straining and withholding and then passing stools up to 10 inch long and as wide as a toilet paper cardboard tube. She has been lethargic and appetite surpressed for about 3 years.

It makes me cry to think of it.

Movicol started last summer - that got us down to a movement to every 2 days, lots of it but soft and passable. But she got very little warning, mad loo dashes, it stank, soiled her and underwear etc. Still - much better than before. We tried weaning her down or off them a few times,and recently too - but she needed the movicol. And occasionally lactalose over 2-3 days.

Now I took dd2 to a chiropractor for colic - and mentioned dd1 problem. Chiro released dd2 neck over 2 sessions.

Since then, she has had one sachet in 3 weeks and now opens her bowels every 1 to 2.5 days. I forgot to give them to her for 3 days due to illness - and we realised we didn't need them!

It's like a freaking miracle!

My moral of the story - keep hunting for a cure, no matter how 'normal' the life style with chronic constipation seems from the sheer regularity of it. Our dc's wont make a fuss, they just want to play. Interesting I took new baby dd2 for her colic at 10 days - I couldn't bear the screaming. DD1 I left for 4 years as she never screamed, just sat on her potty trying her best.

The guilt.

BUT - we have a cure for now. Lets hope it lasts. Would recommend giving it a try if you haven't already. Can't hurt!

[ShowOfHands]

That's wonderful. Try not to feel guilty, you've done your absolute best for her.

I have a witholder follwing a single tearing incident and I know how terribly consuming it can be. I never thought I'd spend so much of my time thinking or worrying about poo.

We saw an osteopath when she was a baby as she had a traumatic delivery and couldn't move her head to the right. I might take her back. You never know what effect things are having I suppose.

[treedelivery]

Do it. And chiro. Take them everywhere I say. [I say it now I have had this revelation].

The guilt is immense. She just sat there for an hour, sometimes more, just trying and trying. I didn't do my best you know - I just normalised it. Because she didn't complain. No excuses, I didn't do what I had to.
But we are in a new phase so am moving on - without movicol. There's a song in there somewhere.....

[CarGirl]

My colleague had the same result with her 7 year old who had struggled with constipation for years craniel osteopath sorted it for her in 2 visits.