Parenting: 2yo Stool Witholding

[Bubbs]

Anyone got any experience of this?

Pumped him full of laxitives and the little guy is still holding with all his might. He's crying in pain each time. It's not fun to see, don't really know what I can do to help.

Try convincing a 2yo that it's ok to let the poo out. He refuses to listen. Everything was fine until a week ago. He had an impacted stool which was causing a lot of pain, but following laxitives he's still refusing to let it out. It's impressive how strong his will is.

Just don't know what to do to help him. I've scoured the internet and been to docs and even read a book on the subject. Real world experience of having gone through it is what i'm missing.

Any helpful advice is welcomed.
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[Riejufixing]

What did the doctor say? Were "french" medicines suggested?

[garth]

Six pints of Guinness normally sorts me out.
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[Bubbs]

[duhawkz]

Give him some Trinidad Scorpions, they'll flush his system out.
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[Bubbs]

[dynax]

Put him in a warm bath, then gently massage his belly, be prepared for a serious clean up after
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[doggone]

Soapy enema if feeling brave

[Riejufixing]

[Ste]

How many courics do you think it will be?

[Sister Sledge]

Oh dear.
Yes had direct experience of it. Was my step daughter who was around 4 at the time. She'd become constipated and had caused a tiny split in her bottom. From then on the idea of pooping was hated by her. Long story short she became impacted.
Docs were excellent - we'd tried everything. In the end even suppositories failed and it was enema time..
Docs prescribed one enema. Instructions were not to use all of it and only to use a very small amount.
Must admit that seeing the bairn in so much discomfort was tough.
In the end her mother, my mother in law and my own mother grabbed the bairn and just did it - I was told it was a tiny amount of enema. They then placed the bairn on the loo and waited..
Didn't take long - just minutes. The days and days of laxatives and suppositories had softened everything and no damage was done with this giant poop.
Within ten minutes the bairn was playing with friends in the street as if nothing had happened.

You really need to push at doctors for this. It does happen and sometimes badly. So bad that docs need to provide that last bit of help. Seriously, go see a doc at hospital or something.
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We used to give ours fresh orangejuice when bunged. Usually did the trick....
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[grr666]

Glycerin suppositories.



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[linuxyeti]

Yep, also had first hand experience of this, it's not pleasant, and it can quite often lead to longer term problems. Go to the doctor's, initially likely to be put on movicol pediatric, or whatever the generic equivalent is. You'll also get a 'pooh chart', dietry advise, and techniques for helping the kid relax. You may get referred to an NHS Children's & Adolescent Services centre, where you'll end up visiting regularly for check-ups.

Hope you don't get as far as the suppository requirement, it's not pleasant, either for you or your nipper.
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[Freddyfruitba...]

Yeah had this with one of mine (kids, not turds) about 25 years ago. Horrible to deal with but it's not particularly uncommon.

[goto10]

[linuxyeti]

[goto10]

Just to add - I regularly catch him standing quietly in a corner or somewhere out of the way, I know he's pro-actively fighting/holding in a bowel movement - I say "Come on, let's go to the loo" - his reply is usually along the lines of "No, I'm just thinking" - he'll absolutely refuse to go, despite the fact it's _right there_ waiting to pop out. No amount of bargaining/talking will change his mind.

His constipation nurse (it's a thing) has said that it's best not to make a big deal about it - either when he's holding it or when he's done one (i.e. don't get the party poppers out and celebrate them), so we're currently doing the laissez faire approach - if he has a skidmark, just clean him up and not mention it, and when he does finally do a poo, just mention that it's good, but very low key. Essentially shrug off everything, so it removes any control that he may be exerting.

At the moment it feels like we'll be doing this when he's 18, but the nurse has assured me she's seen it lots of times and it's usually resolved whilst they're still young.
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[Jmoan]

What you need is one of these in the other end.

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[andyscooter]

chocolate ice cream seems to make my daughter go
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[Robby]

Books. Many books about shitting. Many jokes about shitting. Fart loudly in front of him and blame it on his mother.

Toddlers are usually obsessed with shit and find it the funniest thing in the world.

Petting zoos are also good. Shitting animals everywhere.

Keep them hydrated to reduce future problems.

[stinkwheel]

Victorians would have dosed with castor oil twice a day until action.

Works both physically and psychologically. It's a genuine laxative but it also tastes utterly horriffic. Given the option of castor oil twice a day or pushing one out, most people would sit there until the job was done.
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[doggone]

When I broke my leg in the 80s and was more or less tied to a hospital bed for two weeks they didn't seem the least bit bothered so long as you could pee.
Eventually things got moving of their own accord, I pitied the rest of the ward.
It was utter bliss being able to use a normal toilet again soon after that.

The surprising thing was the volume and consistently was not particularly unusual.
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[duhawkz]