Had to give my son an enema…HORRIBLE!!

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• Whenever our son has difficulty, we let him eat some papaya fruit. How old is your son? Three weeks is very long.. Papaya is very good in making their poop soft.

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• awww, I feel your pain. We had to do this with my daughter. She pooped for hours, poor dear. Now we are on Miralax. I found fiber fruit gummies that help. I hope you never have to do that again. It's such a painful place to be. Like you I tried everything. My girl def had a blockage. Weeks of stuff blocked up.
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• Gerber's pear juice always does the trick for my Oldest. Also, canned pears in pear juice. I put the juice in a sippy cup and she doesn't know the difference!!
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• try to give him some green vegitables for eat but if still its not working
  then must go for enema

• My ki9ds are vegetable aholics, they eat them every day.

• I feel you pain. We had a similiar problem with our 4 year old son. We tried everything and our pediatrican finally told us give him a good old fashioned, soapsuds enema. I asked about about the disposalbe type and our doctor told us that two small enemas with a bulb syringe (non fleet) one soapy, one plain water for a 3 to five day period should get the job done. It was rough but my mother-in-law and I got the job done. We used a 4 oz infant bulb syringe we got at the drugstore. It worked great and we have rarely had a problem since. Our son who is 12 now still occassionally suffers bouts of constipation, and when that happens for with no BM for more than 4 days, it is enema time. He cooperates fully now. We do watch his diet etc. and our doc told us he is just prone to constipation. Also, our son is on allergy meds and I believe these have a constipating effect on him. My point is we suffered and struggle and our son was so impacted it could have damaged him internally. We should have used the enema sooner and not as a last resort and we would have avoided a lot of drama and pain at our house.

• Mary:
  Do you still have issues with your 4-year-old? I ask because this has become an ongoing problem for us. He jsut has a hard time "going." I was wondering if your son has the same issues, how do you handle it?

  I only feed him whole grain carbohydrates. We eat fresh fruit, daily, and force the water. We eat healthy in this house and he is always having issues.