No x-ray. I took her to the doctors office. I called to make the appointment with the specialist and they are booked til April!! I am hoping to find another one.

Did they give her an X-ray as well? Good thing you took her to the hospital.

I took her back in today because after giving her the suppository, pear juice with Karo Syrup, switching her milk to almond... NOTHING has been working!

They made me give her another enema, they want me to up her mirilax to a whole capful everyday, they want blood work taken and they want her to go see a gastrointologist (sp??).

My dd has chronic constipation. I have started adding flax meal to all of her food. This has helped a lot. Also, we are giving her probiotics a few times a day.

I didn't read all the posts so sorry if this is a repeat.

What about watered down prune juice? When my Los were little little dr recommended 2oz of juice and 2oz of water & it did the trick. Still does and they're almost 3 and almost 1. Obviously it's a little more juice and a little less water. Sometimes even just juice.

U should have ur child checked fir hirschsprungs disease, thats what my son has research it

Aww her poor bum! I used to watch a lil girl that was that constipated all the time! When she finally pooped she would struggle so hard her face would turn so red and tears would drop from her eyes and would cause her butt to bleed! :/ I would tell her mom and she just wrote it off which made me mad! Sometimes my dd gets backed up I just make sure I don't give her any bananas, applesauce or any yogurt and cheese! And I make her a fruit smoothie with strawberries, blueberries, prune juice and lots of spinach! (Can't taste the spinach) and it helps her poop everytime!! Good luck

How do I make it?

I make my son fruit and veggie juice. it cleans him out so fast. I swear by this juice and it's really good for them too. try it!!

I put some Karo Syrup in her pear juice but she isn't a huge fan.

The thermometer didn't work. We just gave her the glycerine suppository which is like a mini enema and she pooped a little tiny bit but since then has been trying more and more but not accomplishing anything. Just crying and her whole body locks up like she is in so much pain... She even stands on her tippy toes and leans against the wall or couch to brace herself. :-(

my dr stuck a thermometer up my sons butt to see if he could poop.he pooped! if that doesnt work, i recommened taking her back to the er.

So last night we went to a Japanese steak house and I was hoping it would clean her out because it always does to me. It didn't. Today I put a thermometer in her butt and you could see the poop coming out but she just couldn't push it out. I just sent my hubby with a grocery list of stuff to get, including everything you guys said on here! I really hope this stuff works, I'm starting to get worried. She just cries and cries, she can barely walk because of the discomfort. A part of me wants to take her to the ER and I will if none of this works.

This is very common for that age.

A lot of times it comes down to milk.

I give my son flaxseed oil daily to help soften his stools. Talk to the doctor about that.

Thank you ladies sooooo much!! I'm going to make a trip to the store!!

I gave my DD some grapefruit and it blew through her like a hurricane 0.o put a little sugar on it and she at about a cup. She was relieved and felt better, she pooped 3 times in 4 hours and then the grapefruit was out of her system. I followed up with baby yogurt to get her back on track and she was doing a lot better.

My son wouldn't poop for 3 days once when he was only a few months old. I was panicked and called my mom.. She came right over, opened his diaper, held his legs up, and gently stuck a thermometer up his butt (with Vaseline on it). Instantly the poopoos came right out and he was relieved. I never had to do it myself. My mom only did it the one time... I don't know much about that method but it did work...?

No banana or apple. Mix prune juice in with water daily. Also pears. Works well for us. Good luck

They have the liquid glycerin suppositories you can use. It's kind of like an enema but it's not. It works. It's called pedi-lax I believe

prune juice or Karo syrup the clear kind always helped my DD

take her to a chiropractor!

pooper muffins (take any banana bread recipe & sub pureed prunes & add ground flax...cook in mini muffin cups & you got tasty pooper muffins)

Take a break with the laxatives. Sometimes taking too many will make constipation worse.

Have her drink warm tea or grape juice and try the suppositories.

^^^lol a coffee and a ciggarette :) im kidding.

give her some coffee, that always helps me go! just kidding. i agree with the milk of magnesia. i like the mint flavored. i have given my dd a glycerin suppository. it made her poop and fart at the same time and i nearly wore her poop. hehe

my d has this problem too.foods begining with p are helpful, pumpkin,pears,peas,parsnip,prunes.foods to avoid are bananas and cheese.i try to give her a kiwifruit everyday and that helps too.im not keen on giving her laxatives all the time because your body can become dependant on them and cause more problems in the future.but every now and then is ok.

So it seems I need to get this milk of magnesia stuff!

She only drinks water and lactose-free milk. Regular milk was giving her bad diarrhea so we switched to the lactose-free around the time these issues started. Maybe I should switch her to almond milk and see if that helps.

My son has always had problems. we give him milk of magnesium or Miramax 2 times a day plus switched to almond milk instead of dairy and we make him drink water through the day

I only tried the regular one because the doctor said not to use the mineral oil one. The enema worked quick, she pooped within 2 minutes of giving it to her, but I don't want to have to give her another one if I don't have to.

Have you tried one of those glycerine enemas? Not nearly as traumatic as a traditional one, and it was almost immediate relief for my daughter.

Agree with the suppository. I always see results within a half hour.