Checking enema effectivenessAfter administration an enema did you listen the expulsion and check the results? Did you ever had to repeat the enema?
Constipated preschoolers (yawn)I read on one of the forums I've been banned from - for the crime of telling inconvenient truths about habitual constipation and how best to manage it - that a three-year-old kid on the equivalent of miralax is still withholding with all his might... See More »
(TW) Question for parents #5 - no privacyI have to bring this up here because people on other websites have described it happening - I find it hard to believe it could have happened (and gone unpunished) in a "first-world country", but maybe I'm naive - Parents administering... See More »
The link between erratic behaviour and incomplete/irregular bowel movementIs it something you've taught your kids about, repeatedly, with increasing scientific detail? Or are you just letting your actions do the talking?
Question for parents #5 - observing bowel movementsHow often does this happen - and have you, because of their obstipating behaviour, had to continue doing it for many years longer than you once thought you would? "Observing bowel movements" meaning - not just checking how much dooey they've done in... See More »
"...can hardly wait for school to start again"As I write, we have another week and a half of the summer holidays - and I'm tired and pissed-off - it's become like the covid-hysteria era again, cabin fever, more paranoid/obsessive parental monitoring of the kids' digestive and egestive systems... See More »
"Rectal exam" as part of bowel-movement monitoringFamilies of habitually constipated kids - have you ever done this - and if so, was it not so much checking for abnormalities e.g haemorrhoids, as simply checking for un-done dung? And if so, have you ever had to use the dreadful "shock unannounced... See More »
