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My DD gets this and the pain is only ever at night. They xrayd her and tell me she is constipated (which I can see on the films but don't agree with). When DD gets it, she still poos and it is often loose to runny.
If it is constipation for your DD, it may be that she was cramping to try and move the poo. Try to up her water intake and see if that helps.
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Just on this, did they take the time to explain the constipation cycle with you? It's not uncommon for constipated kids to have runny poos when badly constipated (referred to as overflow - that is the soft poo from the top is travelling down around the hard poo and out), it is unfortunately part of the cycle. If you record the motions, you will find a lot of the time constipated kids go from runny overflow, to hard stool, to normal stool, to runny overflow and around and around again. A lot of times constipation will present as soiling for this reason, so parents think their children have the runs, lazy etc when the underlying problem is they are impacted.
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Yeah, the poo wasn't normal. So I think it may've been a bit of constipation. I'm trying to up her water, but I hope more BM is good enough, coz she's not a big drinker of much else.
She's having the occasional cows milk drink & only started a few days ago, so might have something to do with that. Hope its not so bad tonight.
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