My daughter is almost 3 and has had problems with constipation on and off for the last 2 years, she was prescribed lactulose over most of this period and we had to work her dosage up and down depending on how things were going. We took her off lactulose completely a few months ago as things were regular and didn't seem to be causing her any problems. We started potty training (our 4th attempt) 3 weeks ago and since then she has been withholding, after the first week our doctor prescribed movicol. Because we've had a bit of experience of using this in the past, and it was messy, we decided to just stick to 2 sachets a day, whilst on this dose she managed to mostly withhold her poo (with a few wee bits squeezing out) for 8 or 9 days, then for the last three days every time she's pooed it's been loads, and the consistency of thick soup or gravy! I've had to put her in pull-ups as she never tells us when she's going, I think that she thinks she can still hold it in! Anyway, do I keep going with the movicol? The last time we had this situation we stopped it, and after a week or so we were back where we started, but if I continue to give her it will this runny poo keep coming? We're at our wits end with it here and she's finding if very distressing, we would be grateful for any advice!
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