what do you give 12mth olds for constipation?
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If you ask your child's doctor... You can give a baby an ounce of prune juiceor apple juice by bottle. If the baby is on solid foods then you can feed the baby bran in their cereal, give the baby more fruit. Also you can exercise the babys legs in a bicycle like motion to help the baby pass the bowel movement better.  I hope this helps you with the problem.
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While rarely serious when treated properly, diarrhea can send your toddler to the hospital if he becomes dehydrated, so your first concern should be giving him enough liquids. If your toddler isn't also vomiting, it should be fairly easy to give him extra water to drink. If he can't keep liquids down, though, or if his diarrhea is severe (a watery bowel movement every two hours or more), call his doctor, who may suggest a pediatric electrolyte solution, like Pedialyte, ReVital, or a generic brand. These solutions are available in drugstores and come in flavors that most toddlers will readily drink if they're dehydrated.\n\nAvoid sweetened fluids like sodas (including ginger ale), athletic drinks (like Gatorade), Jell-O, sugar water, and undiluted fruit juices. All of these contain sugar that will draw water into the intestine and make the diarrhea worse. Also don't use anti-diarrhea medication unless the doctor prescribes it.\n\nDoctors now advise continuing to feed solid foods to a child with diarrhea. While there's nothing wrong with feeding your toddler the classic BRAT diet (bananas, rice, applesauce, and dry toast), the AAP says any foods made up of complex carbohydrates, such as rice, wheat, potatoes, bread, and cereal, as well as lean meats, yogurt, fruits, and vegetables, are safe to eat. (If your toddler temporarily refuses to eat, don't worry. As long as he stays hydrated his appetite should return in a day or two.)\n\nStudies have shown that live bacterial cultures, found in yogurt, are a safe and effective way to cut down on the amount and duration of diarrhea. It's an easy way to treat the problem, especially if your toddler loves the taste of yogurt. Just be sure to buy yogurt with lactobacillus, or live cultures.\n\nIf your toddler is uncomfortable during a bout of diarrhea, try to cuddle and comfort him as much as possible and keep his bottom dry. Use care, tenderness, and plenty of diaper cream when changing him, since it's easy for your toddler's bottom to become red and irritated from the loose stools.
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I would say alot of vegetables or laxatives. Mine is brown now but when I took laxatives they were runny and green. Something in the formula I guess.
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You should never have to strain to have a bowel movement.If your BM is hard take a stool softener,increase fluid intake,decrease caffeine intake,exercise,eat lot of raw fruit and vegetables.If you like them stewed prunes work really well.
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Drink lots of fluids, mainly water, exercise, and increase your bulk. like bran and oats and stuff like that. anywhere  you look up constiapation aside from meds you will see and hear these 3 things.
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I gave my daughter baby oragel and tylenol sometimes. But I don't believe in giving kids too much medicine. I also tried the frozen rings and "chew toys" but those didn't seem too popular to her. \n\nA clean rag dipped in cold water seemed to be a close second to my finger. Ring the rag a little so it isn't like dripping wet, but leave it wet enough that your baby can suck a little water out of it and that it will stay cool. \n\nMy daughter also liked to chew on frozen waffles and pancakes, but I wouldn't suggest that to anyone because there is the danger of choking. If you do let your kid have a frozen waffle though, make sure to take it away before it starts to defrost and get soft. As it gets closer to room temperature it will tear more easily and get more dangerous.
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I would use Mylanta (and or) Tums!!!!! That's what my doctor told me when I was pregnant with my son.
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Make your son/daughter swallow/eat a big spoon of gelatin.\nThen make a cube of gelatin (approx. a small nut size) and put the capsule inside it.\nAs a matter of fact, you should let your son/daugher to put it inside the cube, just to let him/her participate of the trick. \nAsk him/her to swallow it. At this point he/she'll know that he/she is able to swallow medium-size bits, like the gelatin cube is.
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encopresis\n\nTreatment-------------------\nDay 1: 1 oz mineral oil\nDay 2: 1-3 enemas\n  - oil retention enema (I have no idea what that is)\n  - hypophosphate enema -- 1 oz of Fleet's per 20 lbs of body weight\n  - normal saline enema -- 2 tsp salt per quart of warm water--use 2 oz per year of age\n  - Dulcolax suppository may help\nDays 3-4: repeat enemas if necessary\n\nAlternative: oral polyethylene glycol 20 mL/kg/hr for 4 hours on 2 consecutive days\n\nMaintenance---------------\nfor 6+ months mineral oil + lots of fiber (or something else that gets the job done--Metamucil, lactulose, Citrucel).\n\nYour pediatrician might recommend something else.
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Hi - The doctor is a good idea, but try not to worry too much.  My two year old grandson was the same way.  They just couldn't find anything he would eat.  Eventually, he started trying different foods, and now his appetite is healthier.  Try many meals throughout the day, healthy snacks.  Peanut butter on apples or celery comes to mind.\nBest wishes.
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We just potty trained our 3 1/2 yewar old. He's our middle child. We thought he'd never be ready. Summer is a great time. first I bought him new underwear that he picked out, and after his firt morning diaper I put them on. And told him " good bye diapers " which he repaets all the time. Then we started sitting him on the toilet, ( with a training seat on it from walmart)  we have a selection of books he like sitting there by the toilet, we hand him one, and say "OK, if you make a poop go in the water , we'll wash out hands and have a popsicle ! " It took about 2 weeks of this exact method, and he poops there every time now, and sometimes just tried in hopes of a popsicle. We buy those cheep Koolaid popsicles in the long plastic tubes . Works great , we have to pick up a box every time, I think you could bribe with something sugar free if needed., Also\n( and some people may think this is cruel )  I told him to change himself one day so he could see what he has been doing in there ! my husband and I took the bathroom rug out, and stood close by with wipes at the ready, he took his diaper off and said ' OH NO I POO POO ! UCKY ! I could see then it was starting to click thus we explained why he needed to get the poop into the pot!
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At that age his own language is still progressing so i would limit the amount of teaching you do.  The best thing they can get is exposure to the language.  If you are able to get everyone to speak english around him.  Tell him/her the name of a favourite toy in native tounge first then in english.  This goes for basic phrases and actions.  So if he says 'I need toilet' in his mother tounge repeat it in englsih and expand on it.  eg. in english. 'oh, do you need to go to the toilet, lets go then.\nRead english icture books to him, start at books about 6months to 1 year below his age and work up quickly.\n\n\nAs a last resort, and this is one i would never recommend unless you have no other way,  use radio and/or TV.  only in very small doses
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I feel for you.  I went through the same thing with my daughter when she was 3/4 years old.  She had a few painful bowel movements and then began holding them.  We went to several docs and even had a lower GI done on her (Horrible!!).  We were looking for evidence of Herschsprungs disease (When a section of the intestines or colon dies and stool can't get past that section).  She did not have this disease so we took her to a pediatric gastroenterologist.  He put her on a medicine called Miralax.  It is a stool softener.  She was on this for about a year.  He told me that since she was holding her poo she had stretched the rectal wall muscles and did not have as much sensation to know when she needed to poo anymore.  The longest she went was nine days.  But the average was 4 to 5 and I would have to give her an enema or suppository.  I even had to deimpact her twice (doc showed me how).  This medicine helped her bowel movements become soft so they weren't painful.  Eventually she became unafraid to go to the potty and we were able to wean her off the Miralax and she has been normal for almost three years now.  If you can swing it, a pediatric gastroenterolgist was the most helpful and you try and see one.  I know it is scary and frustrating at the same time.  good luck and I hope you are able to get it solved.
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Give her prunes and juice that has prune juice, or apple juice.  Also do not make an issue over her going potty, you can actually give her psychological problems and there are certain complexs in psychology that I can not rememeber the name of, off hand.  I think she may have a bowel stricture.  Have you had this checked?  By the way take her to another doctor for another evaluation also.  Maybe go to 3 doctors.  You can also buy infant glycerine suppositories, or give her metamucil with lots of water, they have orange flavored.  I am a nurse and have a psychology major also
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yes tea. i suggest peppermint if you ate too much and something with ginger if you just ate too funky (which it sounds like :). also, bananas are great for upset tummies. sounds odd but works.
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some things that have helped me:\n\nunadulterated alove vera juice\n\nlots of orange juice\n\nsome strong coffee/500ml bottle of coca cola \n(this only seemed to work if I hadn't had something caffeinated for quite a while and I wouldn't recommend taking a lot of caffiene regularly)\n\n2 tablespoons of molasses\n\n2 tablespoons of natural honey\n\n5 or 6 dried figs\n\n1 cup of raw oats with milk (make sure you have plenty to drink with this)\n\nI would not recommend taking laxatives for anymore than a few days at a time as it can seriously mess up your digestive system, as it did mine. Now I stick to natural remedies... there are plenty out there.\n\nIf your constipation is serious I would advise you to seek medical advice.
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Cookies!! You can get "Jar recipies" for them as well. Put all the ingrediants(except wet ones) and put a card saying what else they need to do. \n\nand you can make those cookies for them as well to taste