She's so cute, isn't she?? Well, she's also full of drama these days. This post is going to borderline on Too Much Information (TMI) but it's the reality that I've been dealing with for the last week, so you get to hear about it. You see, my poor girl was dealing with some horrid constipation about a week ago. She was crying about her belly hurting and this went on for three days. Finally she got some relief but it was terribly painful for her. I mean screaming, crying....horrible. Ryan and I could hardly stand to see her in so much pain. But once she finally pooped we thought it was over....but we were wrong.For the past week she has refused to go to the bathroom. She is so afraid of it hurting. So I've talked to the doctor (several times) and they are pretty concerned about it because once children develop a psychological fear of going to the bathroom there are all sorts of problems that arise. Just great :( Who would have ever dreamed we'd be having this problem. So for the ENTIRE WEEK.... ALL DAY LONG... McKenna walks around whining and crying about her belly hurting and how she doesn't want to poopy. She is literally making herself sick about it. And we are doing everything we can to make sure she actually isn't in any pain. We're mixing medicine in with her juice and her diet consists of lots of fruits and veggies. She's even chewing fiber gummy vitamins. This entire problem is all in her head. It's just fear. Bless her heart. I hate to see her this way, but on the other hand I can hardly stand the clingy, whiny child she has become. I want my old McKenna back. I keep thinking that she'll just forget about what happened last week, but so far she hasn't.
So I don't know quite what to do from here. McKenna understands completely what we say to her, so I've explained over and over that her belly and bottom are all better now and that it won't hurt anymore, but she's not buying it.
Any advice??
5 comments:
i'm going to email you on this one!
my kids have never struggled with constipation ( they are on the opposite end of the spectrum - going potty ALL the time). my friend beth's son struggled with it for a while and they finally had to give him a mild laxative - i want to say miralax??? that cured it...no more fears of it hurting. maybe you can try that?
i know a child that has a really hard time going and when she does go, it's really really painfully bad. so, she too was afraid of the potty. at school we dropped the issue of having her sit on the potty, and she's been ok and now goes on her own. with the issue of releasing the rest (you know what i mean), i would say to add a little miralax (just a little) to her drink once a day and it will help her get out whatever she is holding in. hope she is doing better :)
I'm going to email you too!
miralax, miralax, miralax. Half a cap in juice for her daily and you will see a difference. It can also go in applesauce and yogurt. Riley & Reagan have both been on it. Riley has Irritable Bowel and I can't even tell you what we are going through the last three days with him. Miralax is safe and helps and she will eventually see that it doesn't hurt any more. And we will all be prayin gfor her! Poor thing!
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