Bowel Movements And Children Posted: 01-13-04 21:49pm
Hi,
i have a daughter who is 5 1/2 who has had
irregular bowel movements since coming out
of diapers, we saw a gastro doctor and he
indicates she basically needs to learn to
push again (possible based on a painful
experience having a bowel movement) and
suggested using senakot daily to help
stimulate the push. This product is off
the shelf for repackaging so we were told
any laxative with senna is fine following
the dosage prescribed by the doctor.
Crushing a generic laxative with senna in
chocolate milk worked for awhile and
helped her bowel movements increase to
every few days instead of 8 to 12 days;
however, that got old for her. We then
tried cutting up exlax with senna and
baking it in chocolate chip cookies - that
has now become old.
In addition to the above we give her
merilax (puts water back into gut) every
other day and kondremel (mineral oil) to
help losten things.
Well we are back to 8 days.
My question is what else has senna it that
may be clear or liquid I could put in
something she won't know its in and has no
taste - we are lacking the stimulate senna
has in it and she has given up on eating
the chocolate chip cookie every other
day.
