This is T2’s poo pattern.

She will suffer one whole day trying to keep her poo in because she’s had several bad experiences with poo (she suffers from piles and her bum insides actually fall out when she poos!) and during that day, she will be in a foul mood. That is the day everyone knows to keep out of her way. You cannot look at her nor talk to her as she would just yell at you, “NO LOOK!!!”

During that keeping the poo in day, you would see her every now and then running to a quiet corner (such as the pic below), and squatting down in concentration for about 15 minutes before she psychologically pushes her poo back in and she’s off again to play. I swear this can happen all day.

After 1 or 2 days of keeping it in, it has to come out, right? But keeping it in has caused it to accumulate at the bottom causing a tennis ball to formate. A rock hard tennis ball. On good days, it is a rock hard golf ball. On even better days, just a clump of rock hard pebbles. Whatever the case, there is always blood, tears, and there is always bum flesh coming out from inside – piles? Hemarrhoids? Yes, since she was 2 years old…….who gets piles at 2? Only my T2!!!

Apart from the fact that she suffers these big, painful, rocks that exit her backside every few days, I suffer hours and hours of stress just sitting with her in the toilet begging her to just release it. Come on then, Lady! Just glorify us with your Royal Poo why don’t you!??? Each poo session takes anywhere from 20 minutes to 3 hours. It is such a time waster for me. Yet I cannot leave her as she is in pain, she’s anxious and needs me beside her for comfort.

Today we had yet another 3 hour sweating, drama poo session in the toilet. I’ve been so tired as we’ve had guests and I’ve had very little sleep what with work and everything else. So I finally made her an appointment to see a Chiropractor. Nothing else has worked!!! It’ll cost quite an investment but something worth seeing through I think. The hubs may not like it but heck, he’s not the one sitting with her losing 1 full day every month in sweat and discomfort.

We have tried almost everything. The general rule when a toddler constipates is as below:-

1. Give her more water. At least 1 litre per day. This has been a problem as she is like her grandmother, does not get thirsty thus if you do not shove the water bottle in her face every 10 minutes for a sip, she will not drink and by day end, she would not have had her 1 litre. Such hard work……

2. Give her more fibre. For her size, she needs at least 10grams of fibre per day. This is tough too as she does not like vegetables nor fruit, NOR JUICE. Thus any form of fibre has to be hidden. How much time do i have to make hidden fibre??? I try my best nevertheless….

3. Reduce constipating foods. Surprisingly enough, many people will tell you to eat banana if your child is constipated but really, banana is NOT, and I repeat NOT a fruit to help constipation. Papaya is, banana isn’t. Other constipating foods include milk, yoghurt, cheese, cooked carrots; so stay away from these when your child is constipated. For me, this is relatively easy since T2 isn’t much of an eater but she does love her banana and milk…..she’s probably constipated because she drinks too much milk!

4. Get her to exercise more. Well, we live in an apartment. Need I say more? I will work harder to bring her out more often for exercise!

We have seen several doctors about her shit problem and we still don’t have a solution. They have pumped with her various medications including probiotics and Enemas squeezed up her bum-bum; and I really have decided to go natural now. Enough of doctor crap. I will be making a conscious effort now to monitor her fibre and water intake, and see the Chiropractor and hopefully, this constipation woe will soon be a thing of the past.

T2…..T2……if only you weren’t so stubborn and would just eat as Mama tells you. You think a Mom’s life is easy???

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