I took Zara to the doctor yesterday. He said she seemed to have a good diet and high fluid intake and was still unsure. He said especially when toilet training or getting to that age these things happen.
He said to give 20 ml. doses of parachoc daily until she produce a soft bowel motion and then to give her smaller (10ml) doses every second day to see if this helps. I'd actually already tried that and it worked wonders. He also said to add prunes. I cut them up very small and added them to her weetbix this morning. I told her they were chocolate and add 1/8 teaspoon of drinking chocolate to the weetbix also. She ate the lot and asked for more chocolate. Worked a treat.
So currently she gets 10ml of parachoc every 2nd day and 2 prunes in her weetbix of a morning. i'm hoping the prunes work and i can cut out the medication.
He also said to encourage them to sit on the potty 3 times a day and tell them to try and push to move the poo down the bowel to keep it moving so it doesn't dry out and caused constipation.
If all that fails he is going to refere me to a paediatrician that apparently have lots of neat tricks to help with constipation. If you are unhappy with your doctors solution or lack of maybe ask for a referral.
I'll keep you posted with what goes on with Zara.
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