Mirilax stooling normal or not?

[Anonymous]

My son is 3.5 and has always had issues with poop and allergies-even when off the antacids. He drinks a lot of water and a minimal amount of soy each day. His diet is militantly sprinkled with vegetables and fruits and minimal grains. Yet we still battle with 2-3 messy poops a day. Sometimes, he will go on the potty but mostly in his pants while napping or during bedtime early morning hours. While we realize that potty avoidance for poop is normal behavior for his age, we were concerned that his bloated stomach and the frequency and quantity of poop meant he was constipated so we tried Mirilax OTC 1.5 tsp. To our great surprise, his stools over the next day and a half went from large to small and to be horribly more specific went from being large poops to small finger sized like poops. He did however during this period seem to lessen in his tummy bloatation and also seemed to have an eaiser time passing the stool. Has any one had this experience with Mirilax? We do not know what to make of it. Do we need to increase the Mirilax frequency every other day or every day or are these small poops evidence that he is more constipated than ever? Our local GI is an Xray and poop freak so we are hoping like heck to avoid her if at all possible…thanks in advance for advice.

[Anonymous]

Hey there,

I am sorry to hear you toddler is struglering going potty, no fun

My DD was on miralax and it worked good for her, however i wanted somehting more natural and added epsom salts baths (it has magnesium and sulfate, which gets absorbs thorugh the skin. Magnesium is a natural laxative). She is also on high doses of probiotics (we use a hypoallergenic one form kirman lab), two capsules a day.

I would do miralax every other day to give his body a chance to try going on his own. That’s i what i did when Kendra was on it. It worked well.

I hope that helps.

Leo

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