My son who is 11, has always had problems with constipation. He hardly eats dairy, or anything binding, but still gets severe constipation. Last year he was admitted to the hospital for a week for a "clean out". 4 months later, he is impacted again. I was wondering if anyone has any advice on natural laxitives that he could try. I've used all the other kinds (oils stool softeners) and all it does is give him diarrhea, it does nothing for expelling the hard stool. At this point, high fiber is not good because he's already impacted and it would make it worse. Nothing seems to be penetrating the hard stool. Any advice would be appreciated.
Have you tried kerosyrup? Not sure if I spelled that right. But when my son gets that way that's what I give him. Try only teaspoon at first. If that doesn't work go a little bit more. My doctor is the one that suggested this to me. Try it and good luck I hope it works.
have you tried giving him some apple-prune juice? one serving a day should help soften his stools without giving him diarreah....
OLIVE OIL does wonders
Plenty of water juices that do not contain red dye and high in fiber. lots of greens and maybe try fruit smoothies
jenesa
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I have childern that out latose so i know about poop problems!!
I mix prune and apple juice 50/50 everyday. She is 15 months old and if we miss a day, she is in touble. I started her with more apple juice until she could tolerate the taste of the prune juice and now mix 50/50.
Pancake syrup or Karo corn syrup(in the baking aisle at the grocery store), works well in our family, my great grandma had 7 boys and she swears by it. Good luck
My daughters doctor suggests carro syrup when she was younger.
It worked - but I have no idea how
I find some decaf coffee (mixed in with chocolate milk) works well with the others
Hi Andrea -
There are two options that I can suggest. One is to find a way to give your prunes or prune juice daily. The other is DrNatura Junior, which you can order online. It is very gentle on the system yet very effective. I've used the adult version of it and it eliminated (no pun intended) all of my digestive problems. Just look up Dr Natura on the internet for more info.
Good luck to you...Laura
I KNOW THIS MAY SOUND GROSS BUT MY OLDEST DAUGHTER WAS IMPACTED QUITE ALOT AND HER GODMOTHER TOLD ME TO TAKE A SLIVER OF DOVE SOAP MOISTEN IT AND INSERT INTO HER RECTUM.. IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE BUT IT SURE WORKED.
We first had to take my little guy into the hospital when he was 1. I understand how terrifying that can all be! After he was sent to a pediatric gastroenterologist and him being put on medication, I decided to do my own testing as well. What I have found works is aloe vera juice. Since My son is only 2 I started out with just mixing some in his juice. It was initially 50/50, every day, but that seemes to work a bit to well! So now we do 1/3, once a day every other day. He is doing so much better! You can aloe vera juice in the health food aisle or digestive health aisle of Target, Walmart, and the grocery store. It's about $5-$8 depending on the size bottle you buy. I also tried prune juice, but my kids won't drink it AT ALL, and all the doctors have told me no to apple juice. Apples are part of the BRAT diet for when your child has diarrhea, so it's surprising to me how many people here suggest it! Pear juice would be a better choice. They are a natural laxative according to the doc's. Let me know if you find anything that works really well. Good luck to you!
My father-in-law is a doctor and he would give his kids a small spoonful of mineral oil or olive oil in their juice. He said the oil helps to lubericate the intestines and bowels and help everything pass more smoothly.
Hi Andrea -
I have a friend with a 4 year old boy. He has had trouble with constipation since he was an infant. The doctor had him on Milk of Magnesia. My friend didn't want him to always be dependant on medicine so she starting giving him prune juice. It took awhile for him to become accustomed to the flavor. But now, he drinks a couple ounces every night to help keep him regular. It seems to be working for them. Hope this helps.
Andrea,
Does your son eat enough roughage type foods? These are things like celery, apples....they are natural laxitives.
Mary B
My son at the age of 4 months started this very problem. My peds doctor recommended that I give him a spoon full of orange juice from a freshly cut orange (no pulp). With a four month old, he was clean in about 10 to 20 minutes. Now I just give him a tangerine or mandarine orange in his lunch every day. He also gets fresh juice every morning with breakfast. He is almost 8 now and he is pretty regular if not every other day. Hope this helps ya!!!
I have a (almost) 2 year old who has battled with constipation since he was born. which is weird since he's been breastfeed and still is. anyways, i've tried doing as much research as possible on this and i found there isn't much out there. but here's what has helped me.....
- make sure he gets plenty of run around/ excersise time
- make sure he gets plenty of fluids
- prunes, peaches, pears are very helpful. you can do the juice thing. my son loves prune apple juice.
- i put ground flax seed in everything i possibly can... this is the most helpful thing i've tried
- i talked to an herbalist once, an india trained lady, and she advised to try cardamum seed pods. the seeds are good for diarriha (misspelled) but the pods are good for constipation. she would mix it with fennel seeds and lemon and a touch of sugar. or you can go to a health food store and get this tea called smooth move from traditional medicines and that works good too.
- use only whole grains whenever possible.
- milk of magnesia is good because there is no stimulant
- adding more stuff like beans, veggies, and fruits are good too. okay well that is pretty much all i know. i can totally understand what you are going through. it's so hard because next to eating right you need to poop right too and i haven't come across anybody that has had this problem so there wasn't much help for me out there. doctors weren't as helpful as i would have liked either. good luck and if you get a chance let me know how it goes.
dana
Hi, My name is Kathryn. I have a 6 yr old htat had similar problems with his bowels in the past. I have used prunes and prune juice with success. But what worked the best for my son was a prescription of Miralax. It is not a laxative or stimulant it is a prescription dietary supplement that softens the stool. It is a powder that is mixed in a drink once per day and has no taste. I used that for a couple of years with my sone and know others that have used it with their children. It is not a stimulant and you do not become dependent on it. I would talk to your doctor about this if prunes or high fiber diet do not work.
I'd have to agree that a prescription for Miralax would probably help. My daughter has had problems with severe constipation since she was 5; she is now 12. I watch her diet very carefully and make sure that she is getting plenty of fiber. But that didn't seem to be the issue in her case. She has seen specialists from UCLA and still have yet to diagnose her problem. They did however give her a prescription for Miralax which helped her out tremendously. Good luck!
Dear Andrea,
Fresh fruit is a natural laxative, and more water helps too. Also, if you could get him to eat about 3 or 4 prunes. They are really a good laxative. Raisins are too. Get him a box of chocolate covered raisins. They are gooood and goood for constipation too. Carolyn N.
My daughter, who is now 4 & 1/2, had a similar problem, when she was a baby, she had a hard time and could not make bowel movements on her own, they did x-rays, they taped her little cheeks together and did a colon cleansing and searched for irregularities with a microcamera, last but not least, we even took her to the ONLY G.I.Specialist in all of Nevada, which happens to be here in las vegas. What did all of this drama & expense accomplish? Nada. They couldn't diagnose nor find any kind of solution to the problem. So I went to my grandmother who is pretty old skool and sticks with natural solutions. She had me go to a specialty grocery store, like Marianas, and look in the spices section where they have the plastic bagged spices, find a bag of "plantain seeds" (these are supertiny black seeds derived from plantain bananas). These were like gold to me. She had me boil like a cup & 1/2 water, once the water was to a rolling boil, toss in a couple or few tablespoons of seeds and immediately cut heat off & cover at same time, let it sit for about 5-7 mins. The seeds should have formed a gel around them, and are quite slippery, spoon feed him this (kinda taste like tea), do this daily, then gradually weekly, then monthly, until he's regular. This amazingly works, i showed the specialist and he was ecstatic. I used to have to use suppositories that would make her bowel movements explosive and painful. These"plantain seeds" were natural and harmless, she went within 24 hrs, without pressure or painful gestures, next thing you know, she was regular! If you've already tried everything else that failed, then you have nothing to lose, this could be your "gold" solution.