Poop issues

[ally2011]

At what point would you take action if your toddler is not pooping but not acting like she has to either? We went through a rough patch in the fall, but got through it and she has been pretty regular ever since with no intervention...though she usually has yogurt with some benefiber each morning. She had a fever for 4 days 2 weeks ago and didn't eat great and got off track. This past weekend she did not go for 2 days and was whining and fussing about it all day on Monday. I got worried and gave a suppository that did result in a blow out after 2 hours. That was around 6:30pm. There has been nothing since then all week. She is not acting like she is miserable, but I am getting concerned. She has not been drinking as much water as she should but does not drink any milk. Would you all do another suppository tomorrow if she does not go to prevent her getting impacted or something more serious or is this not that long in toddler world and she will go eventually? We had to use miralax for a short while in the fall but not long. I could try that again too until regular again. Sigh....I wish she would just go!

[seadragon2013]

I would avoid using a suppository unless she hadn't gone for at least a week. A week is within the range of normal according to our pedi. DS also slows down and gets constipated when sick because he gets a little dehydrated and eats less. When this happens, we avoid all the BRAT foods and give him diluted juice to get him to drink more. We'll also push yogurt, beans, and greens. It typically works within a couple of days. Once he's "unstopped" we usually have one day with 3-4 BMs, then things get back to normal.

[aydee]

DD struggles with constipation. We've tried to deal with it naturally. We've found that giving her a cut up prune every day has helped tremendously. We encourage water consumption but she's like me and just doesn't really drink very much. We also try not to feed rice or bananas too frequently, and when she does have them, we'll often offer some extra prunes.

Before trying another suppository, you could try giving some fruit juice and prunes. My pedi recommended apple juice or pear nectar in the past. Warm liquids like soup might also help her.

[ally2011]

Update - she went on her own on Saturday late afternoon. It had been 5 days! I agree on suppository only if in pain....that was why I did the last one. I was just getting worried that we were going to get in a bad cycle if she waited much longer, but luckily she didn't Trying to push water on her. That's all she will drink for the most part (will have a little bit of juice but not much). She was just not wanting to drink much water on Saturday and that was worrying me because of course that won't help anything.

Thanks for advice, hoping to get her more regular this week!