Poor Muffin has been having problems going poop. He potty trained like a champ but he has a bit of a shy bowel, it seems. Ever since we pulled the diapers, he will go 2-4 days without pooping, whereas he used to go once per day. We know he has to poop because he runs around like a little man possessed. I almost expect to see the infamous 360 degree head spin from the exorcist. Fortunately, it’s not that bad. Yet. However, he literally does wind-sprints in the living room.
Back and forth. Back and forth.
For like eight hours.
No, unfortunately I’m not kidding.
No amount of sitting him down on the toilet to just relax and read a book seems to work. He needs to be ready…like within-seconds-of-Mr. Poop-making-his-appearance ready. Little dude cuts it close. He hasn’t had an accident though.
Unfortunately by stopping his body from going poop, he’s making himself constipated. I’ve been trying various things to get him more regular but nothing seems to be working very well. We recently had Muffin’s 3 year well-check and so I asked his pediatrician what we can do to help him go poop more easily and more often. He suggested prunes. Already tried it – he won’t eat them. The ped also suggested more fiber. Already do it – Muffin has a lot of fiber in his diet (we should buy stock in Kashi). So, our ped then suggested Milk of Magnesia. We had not yet brought out the big guns, so last night, after a very trying day with Muffin darting everywhere like a madman, we tried it.
Now, if you’ve ever had Milk of Magnesia you will know that it tastes like chalk. So, we selected the cherry flavored one. Which tastes like cherry flavored chalk. Not very palatable for a 3 year old. Getting Muffin to eat broccoli suddenly seems like a breeze in comparison to getting him to drink 1 tsp of this crap. He took a taste and decided it was not at all the delicious treat mommy and daddy had advertised. So I thought, WWMPD? A spoonful of sugar! Hmmm, pretty good but that’s not quite right for my dear sweet picky Muffin. Maybe I should think more like Lex Luther. Aha! The kryptonite of my little Muffin Man is…ice cream. So, out came the ice cream and that business got done! A chaser of chocolate ice cream in return for a sip of cherry flavored chalk. Needless to say that Muffin is crafty and that little cup of 1 tsp of Milk of Magnesia took about 5 sips (and, of course, 5 ice cream chasers) before it was finished.
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