As established, potty training is not my strongest skill.
I have one child who seems to be largely continent, but that child has recently taken to having small pee accidents during the day.
I have one child who is fine during the day, but incontinent overnight. I am great with that, although the child is not.
I have one child who is sort of mostly potty-trained-ish during the day, and incontinent overnight.
And I have one child who has no problem during the night, but during daylight hours all bets are off. ALL bets.
In the months I've been freaking out about ALL bets being off (hint: POOP) I've encountered several other moms with non-toddler aged children with similar problems. So, as a public service to the internet at large, I'm going to write about it.
This week I took my bowel-incontinent child to the dr., who told me this is very common in school-aged children because they aren't comfortable dropping a deuce in public. Me, I'm a proud public pooper. I've honed that skill for years, because I wasn't always so proud... but at one job I hated I realized they were paying me for the time I spent on the crapper. After that, getting paid to poop was something I took great pride in, and that got my shy colon out of its shell, so to speak.
The dr. said kids who don't want to go at school tend to hold it so long that, over time, their whoosiewhatsis (I believe that is the Latin term) loses tone and sensation, so they can't necessarily tell when they have to go anymore unless they REEEEEEEALLY have to go. And it can cause gross accidents I won't explain on here, but if you are dealing with this or have questions you can email me.
So the plan is Miralax 1-2x/day, high fiber diet, minimal dairy, lots of water, and sitting on the toilet 5-10 mins each night after dinner, whether anything happens or not. We keep this up at least 3-6 months in order to get things back to normal.
Some bloggers have cute contests and giveaways. Not me, but I just saved you a $20 copay for your anxiety medication, AND a $40 office visit copay for your kid. You're welcome.
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ReplyDeleteI read somewhere years ago, long before I ever got pregnant, the phrase, "Happier than a pregnant women who just took a dump." For some reason, that phrase pops into my mind pretty frequently these days, as now, when I read your post. :)
Thanks for the laugh, as always!
I have always been a proud public pooper too but when I gotta go, I gotta go NOW. Can you explain that, Dr. Diagnosis Urine?
ReplyDeleteSeriously laughing out loud at this post, and the butt-strep gem that followed. So glad to see you back in action. Now, if you could just conjure up a good tale involving the MacGyver bag and your hamster....
ReplyDeleteOh, and just so we're clear...I'm not laughing at the fact that you are facing some bowel *issues*. Actually, I'm going to drink some wine on your behalf, on that note.
ReplyDeleteMore so, the way you tell it. Because, really, poop with a dose of sarcasm is always funny, no?
From a mom with experience, I offer this advice: mix 1 T. Benefiber with your miralax or you'll make the poops like yogurt- crazy runny. I just always struggle with how much fiber is actually needed to offset the strength of the miralax. Also you may end up reducing the initial dose of miralax- again to avoid liquidy situations. Good luck. You rock!
ReplyDeleteD. has "pooping issues" and we've started to give him these Fiber Gummies. http://www.amazon.com/Fleet-Childrens-Pedia-Lax-Fiber-Gummies/dp/B001U3GEEW
ReplyDeleteToday, he pooped on the potty for the first time ever and good god in heaven, it looked the size of an adult deuce. One word of caution, make sure the kids who don't have "pooping issues" don't ingest any of the fiber gummies. It's not pretty.