What should I use instead of Miralax??????

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Hi guys I am new to this group, have read every e-mail since I joined and have learned alot!!! My name is Mindy, I have a terrific daughter that is just shy of 3 years old. She has been diagnosed with Cliac's Disease, has been on the GF diet for almost a year now. She is doing great no more mucasy stools or diareaha! My problem is I have been giving her Miralax for about 2 months now and she is doing great with this, but have been cautioned by a good person not to give this to her any more. How do I know what magnesium to gave her, and how much as an overdose on magnesium could be toxic too. I want to say I like how people are going and trying natural remiedies. She does get a fruit for each meal and snack and veggies too. I also have tried given her Juicy Juice 100 percent Apple Juice too, still nothing, I skip a day or two without this Miralax and she is constipated and the stool is hard. Does anybody have any

suggestions what more I could do??? Thanks for all the advise, it is nice to know people out there are in the same boat with me, and are knowledgable!!!! God Bless Mindy

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Hi Mindy,

My son is 10 yrs old. I give him lots of Sunsweet Plum Juice, it helps. I was giving him prune juice everyday, it really works the best for Cody, but he hates it. Some one on this group advised me to give him baby food, prunes. If I remember right, she reffered to it as her child's special pudding, and he would eat it straight. Someone else, I think, recommended mixing it in oatmeal. My son is old enough that he will just eat it however, I am going to put it in his oatmeal starting tomorrow. With Miralax he went every day. Without it, it has been a struggle, he goes about every 2 to 3 days, I'm determined to get him to go every day. According to his balloon test (some muscle test they did on his colon), he cannot feel the urge "to go" when he needs to. He has to be pretty full before he feels the urge. That is why they (GI docs) had him on

exlax daily also, to contract the muscles (they called it training his muscles). He only took that for abouh 2 weeks. I took him off when I took him off miralax. It never felt right giving it to him anyway. I sometimes have to give him an exlax, but very seldom. He also soaks in the bath tub with Epsom Salt for 20 minutes every night after he bathes in the shower. He also eats lots of watery fruits. I have heard from lots of mothers, on this group, that apples (apple sauce also) are constipating and that bananas that are not ripe are too. I'm wanting to put him on Probiotics and Natural Calm, I don't know much about them yet, I am researching.

Deanna,Fort Worth, TexasMom to Cody age 10. Diagnosed w/EE on 2/6/08. Also severe reaction to Miralax.

What should I use instead of Miralax??????

Hi guys I am new to this group, have read every e-mail since I joined and have learned alot!!! My name is Mindy, I have a terrific daughter that is just shy of 3 years old. She has been diagnosed with Cliac's Disease, has been on the GF diet for almost a year now. She is doing great no more mucasy stools or diareaha! My problem is I have been giving her Miralax for about 2 months now and she is doing great with this, but have been cautioned by a good person not to give this to her any more. How do I know what magnesium to gave her, and how much as an overdose on magnesium could be toxic too. I want to say I like how people are going and trying natural remiedies. She does get a fruit for each meal and snack and veggies too. I also have tried given her Juicy Juice 100 percent Apple Juice too, still nothing, I skip a day or two without this Miralax and she is constipated and the stool is hard.

Does anybody have any suggestions what more I could do??? Thanks for all the advise, it is nice to know people out there are in the same boat with me, and are knowledgable! !!! God Bless Mindy

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