What can ease constipation in young children?
It is possible that your daughter’s constipation started after a painful bowel movement and that the memory of this put her off wanting to go to the toilet. Young children will often hold onto a motion which only makes the problem worse because by the time they finally have to go the motion has become big and is much more painful to pass – so setting off a vicious cycle. Sometimes straining to pass a hard motion can make the skin around the back passage cracked and sore. The more it hurts, the less keen your daughter will be to pass the stool. Constipation can be a difficult problem to tackle but you are already doing the right thing by giving her Lactulose to soften her stool. If this does the trick by softening her stool such that she is able to pass a soft stool once every one to two days it is worth persisting for at least a couple of months until she has established a regular routine and has forgotten that passing a stool can be painful. Lack of fluid can be just as important in c
