5 Year Old Has Bowel Probs Help Posted: 12-02-05 20:05pm
Ever since my daughter was a baby she's
had bowel problems. The doctors put her
on alimentum formula because when she
would go to the bathroom it was so hard
and large she would scream from the pain
and sometimes it would even tear her.
After off the formula(which did help) the
doctors told me to give her apple juice
and fiber. She has 1-2 lasses of apple
juice a day and I make sure she gets at
least 10 grams of fiber (was told that's
how much a 5 year old needs). If she
does not have apple juice one day she will
get these hard very large bowels. I
feel so bad for her because she still
cries when she has this problem cause it
hurts and she tells me that her stomach
hurts almost every day. She sometimes
will try not to go for fear it will be
(what she calls) "the hard poops". Does
anyone have any idea or suggestions for
what I can do to help her. Drs keep
saying juice and fiber.
