maggierussell

Oh, and occupational therapy helped with this too. We saw an OT weekly for about six months and that was key to learning my daughter’s hesitations!

We went through the poop withholding/Miralax cycle, and I realized a little too late (and once she had more than a few BM’s with blood) that I should probably take her to a pediatric gastro. The gastro confirmed that she was constipated and recommended chocolate Ex-Lax squares to get her going more regularly. It was probably about 6-8 months of that every day before she finally had to go so bad, and Target was close by, that she successfully went in the Target bathroom, proclaiming loudly and proudly that “it didn’t hurt!” After that, smooth sailing and weaning slowly but successfully off of the Ex-Lax.