how to help 7 yr pass hard BM - Page 2

sweetpeasmommy · 10-03-2015, 10:25 AM

Make sure he has a stool for his feet to get him in the best position for it to pass.

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greenishmama · 10-03-2015, 10:57 AM

Thanks everyone! He has passed some! quite a bit. but he said he feels like there is more and that it is hurting so he got back in the bath. He feels the bath did the trick. But he had also taken some dulcolax type stuff on top of the other stuff he took in the past 24 hours.
I just don't know how he can make so much poop! He used to go every day or even twice a day. Lately there are some days he doesn't go and that is probably why he's having a problem. But still seems to have a large quantity of it even when he goes daily! Guess I'll ask the ped. about it at his well check-up this month....

mamacat · 10-03-2015, 11:10 AM

Hhelping him to be aware that he goes each day can help.When a person gets impacted like that can kind of stretch colon out and make a little widened pouch where the stool just collects again and dries out and gets too hard and thick to pass easily. Doing a 3 day course of probiotics can really set it back to normal and then lots of water and things with fiber - fruits and veggies

DahliaRW · 10-03-2015, 01:54 PM

Also make sure he is well hydrated. Fiber can't help if you don't intake enough water!

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greenishmama · 10-03-2015, 02:36 PM

thanks for the reminder.... need to get him drinking right now! maybe some lemon water for a treat will remind him to drink more...

mamacat · 10-03-2015, 03:05 PM

Fruits with lots of water can help too like melon

ShangriLewis · 10-03-2015, 08:55 PM

I would give him a good cup of coffee. If you have a french press that would be best because it keeps all the oils in that help move things along. Decaf can work.

greenishmama · 10-04-2015, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ShangriLewis

I would give him a good cup of coffee. If you have a french press that would be best because it keeps all the oils in that help move things along. Decaf can work.

I always wondered with coffee- is it the coffee itself of the caffeine that "gets things moving"?
I did give him regular (black) tea yesterday. He'd LOVE to be offered coffee!

mamacat · 10-04-2015, 06:30 AM

In his case it doesnt sound like things werent moving - just had gotten too hard to move!

greenishmama · 10-04-2015, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by mamacat

In his case it doesnt sound like things werent moving - just had gotten too hard to move!

yes. He kept wanting to try but it would hurt too much.

mamacat · 10-04-2015, 07:12 AM

WAY TMI that could only share with another mama but when went thru that with my ds at about the same age when it finally did come out in tub no kidding I could not fathom how something that shape and size could come out.It was like a waterbirth tho and protected his bottom w/o any damage

greenishmama · 10-04-2015, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by mamacat

WAY TMI that could only share with another mama but when went thru that with my ds at about the same age when it finally did come out in tub no kidding I could not fathom how something that shape and size could come out.It was like a waterbirth tho and protected his bottom w/o any damage

woah. poor boy! Was his colon stretched after that? Did it take a while for him to get better?

mamacat · 10-04-2015, 08:05 AM

Well I think it helped him not to wait to go and he was totally fine after that.One of his probs,as I recall,was not taking time to come in from playtime if he had to go?

MariJo7 · 10-05-2015, 12:22 PM

Be careful with bananas and tea! And with hard boiled eggs and white rice. I get constipation from those things myself. Coffee is good, if he likes it.

greenishmama · 10-05-2015, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MariJo7

Be careful with bananas and tea! And with hard boiled eggs and white rice. I get constipation from those things myself. Coffee is good, if he likes it.

tea? I hadn't heard that was constipating... curious if you know why it is? Which component of it, etc.

10-03-2015, 10:25 AM	#16
sweetpeasmommy Rose Garden Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 30,329	Re: how to help 7 yr pass hard BM Make sure he has a stool for his feet to get him in the best position for it to pass. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk __________________ Amy eNFp Wife to ISTJ DH 1997 Mom to one Sweet Boy 10/2004

10-03-2015, 10:57 AM	#17
greenishmama Rose Trellis Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: northern New York State Posts: 1,769	Re: how to help 7 yr pass hard BM Thanks everyone! He has passed some! quite a bit. but he said he feels like there is more and that it is hurting so he got back in the bath. He feels the bath did the trick. But he had also taken some dulcolax type stuff on top of the other stuff he took in the past 24 hours. I just don't know how he can make so much poop! He used to go every day or even twice a day. Lately there are some days he doesn't go and that is probably why he's having a problem. But still seems to have a large quantity of it even when he goes daily! Guess I'll ask the ped. about it at his well check-up this month.... __________________ married to wonderful DH since '96 "H" 9/2005 "h" 5/2008

10-03-2015, 11:10 AM	#18
mamacat Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,473	Re: how to help 7 yr pass hard BM Hhelping him to be aware that he goes each day can help.When a person gets impacted like that can kind of stretch colon out and make a little widened pouch where the stool just collects again and dries out and gets too hard and thick to pass easily. Doing a 3 day course of probiotics can really set it back to normal and then lots of water and things with fiber - fruits and veggies __________________ ~Catherine~ Mama to 5: C W C J S And Grandma to 3: A ,K and baby C

10-03-2015, 01:54 PM	#19
DahliaRW Rose Garden Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,793	Re: how to help 7 yr pass hard BM Also make sure he is well hydrated. Fiber can't help if you don't intake enough water! Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk __________________ ISFJ Mom married to an INTP Dad; busy raising 2 sons (15, 12) and a daughter (10)!

10-03-2015, 02:36 PM	#20
greenishmama Rose Trellis Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: northern New York State Posts: 1,769	Re: how to help 7 yr pass hard BM thanks for the reminder.... need to get him drinking right now! maybe some lemon water for a treat will remind him to drink more... __________________ married to wonderful DH since '96 "H" 9/2005 "h" 5/2008

10-03-2015, 03:05 PM	#21
mamacat Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,473	Re: how to help 7 yr pass hard BM Fruits with lots of water can help too like melon __________________ ~Catherine~ Mama to 5: C W C J S And Grandma to 3: A ,K and baby C

10-03-2015, 08:55 PM	#22
ShangriLewis Moderator in Vegetarianism & Veganism Arrange whatever pieces come your way. ~VW~ Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: North Dakota Posts: 16,446	Re: how to help 7 yr pass hard BM I would give him a good cup of coffee. If you have a french press that would be best because it keeps all the oils in that help move things along. Decaf can work. __________________ Heather The Prophet 23yob, The Peacemaker 20yob, The Warrior 17, The Little Flower 11yog and The Surfer 9yob and our little birdie girl 4yo.

10-04-2015, 06:30 AM	#24
mamacat Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,473	Re: how to help 7 yr pass hard BM In his case it doesnt sound like things werent moving - just had gotten too hard to move! __________________ ~Catherine~ Mama to 5: C W C J S And Grandma to 3: A ,K and baby C

10-04-2015, 07:12 AM	#26
mamacat Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,473	Re: how to help 7 yr pass hard BM WAY TMI that could only share with another mama but when went thru that with my ds at about the same age when it finally did come out in tub no kidding I could not fathom how something that shape and size could come out.It was like a waterbirth tho and protected his bottom w/o any damage __________________ ~Catherine~ Mama to 5: C W C J S And Grandma to 3: A ,K and baby C

10-04-2015, 08:05 AM	#28
mamacat Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,473	Re: how to help 7 yr pass hard BM Well I think it helped him not to wait to go and he was totally fine after that.One of his probs,as I recall,was not taking time to come in from playtime if he had to go? __________________ ~Catherine~ Mama to 5: C W C J S And Grandma to 3: A ,K and baby C

10-05-2015, 12:22 PM	#29
MariJo7 Rose Trellis Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 2,065	Re: how to help 7 yr pass hard BM Be careful with bananas and tea! And with hard boiled eggs and white rice. I get constipation from those things myself. Coffee is good, if he likes it.

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