So Many Questions!

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Hi everyone! I have so many questions for you guys and I hope I can

talk them out with you all! First of all, I have suffered with

chronic constipation my whole life, I have very little motility and

the only thing that helps? Coffee. I've been through 2 different GI

double blind studies and neither drug helped me.

My 3, almost 4, year old daughter has had constipation since she

started solids around 9 months old. Very very very dry stool, Xrays

showing total backups, etc. Before that she was breastfed and would

blow out 4 or 5 times a day. Her GI and Ped put her on Krystalose and

then Miralax. The Miralax helped, but I now know that this was the

cause of her DRASTIC behavior change. She never ever sleeps among

other things, but this is the worst part. She has been off of Miralax

for a year now but her behavior continues, not as bad as when she was

on it, but still noticeable. We've found that some fruit in large

quantities (and I'm talking a whole cantaloupe or several pearsa

day)keep her stool soft.

My 5 month old son could barely poop on his own since birth. He

passed meconium fine, but then would go weeks between BMs and would

only have one when we helped with a suppository. He is 100%

breastfed, too. We started him on a LITTLE bit of food, just the P

fruits, no cereal and his BMs have turned so hard. I actually had to

do some turd midwifery today, its so sad to see! All of the doctors

he has seen have told us that its normal, and he'll even out when he

starts solid. I know this is not true. We've moved onto babylax

enemas. I've stopped all solids and will continue to just breastfeed.

Now, my question is that I see everyone loves the Kirkman's chewable

probiotics. It is SO expensive and everyone here needs to take

probiotics I think, is there any other options? What about for an

infant? Any suggestions there? It is SO hard when doctors don't see

the severity of constipation! They have no idea! It doesn't help

that my husband, his mom, and his stepdad are all doctors and think

Miralax is as harmless as water. Please help!

Larissa