Re: doesn't sit for poop .. wants to be on this stomach

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I've seen a lot of pictures presented by doctors and gastroenterologists who

treat kids with autism that show the same thing you're talking about--children

with severe gut issues in all sorts of position, trying to either have a bm or

just ease the pain so that they can sleep at night. It seems very likely that

this kind of behaviour is the child doing the best he can with gut pain/gut

motility problems, etc. I wouldn't try to change the behaviour, but address gut

issues and then in the future, when it makes sense (ie. it's easy for the child

to have a normal healthy looking bm) try to teach them to sit down on the

toilet.

Anita

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> Hi All,

> My son  doesn't sit down for poop even in his diapers.  He always want to lie

on his stomach on the floor and pass motion.  I have tried to change but he

doesn't listen.

> He wants to kneel on the couch with his legs on the floor but doesn't want to

sit.

> Does this mean anything?  What should I do?

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> 3yrs old ASD ... will start cheltion soon

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

It's hard for me to visualize your son's position when he's having a movement.

It could very well be that his tracts have an easier time moving this way. It

truly is much easier to squat to pass fecal matter, more leverage when the body

is squatting with knees bent and bum close to the ground versus a sitting

position. Being on his stomach might ease pain or help pass gas.

Are you noticing any constipation, hard stools or pellet-like stools?

Sheila

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> Hi All,

> My son  doesn't sit down for poop even in his diapers.  He always want to lie

on his stomach on the floor and pass motion.  I have tried to change but he

doesn't listen.

> He wants to kneel on the couch with his legs on the floor but doesn't want to

sit.

> Does this mean anything?  What should I do?

>

>

> 3yrs old ASD ... will start cheltion soon

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Is he constipated? Perhaps the position that he is getting into helps him pass

the stool?

Dr. Suzanne Fleeson-DaSilva

www.biomedicaldoc.com

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> Hi All,

> My son  doesn't sit down for poop even in his diapers.  He always want to lie

on his stomach on the floor and pass motion.  I have tried to change but he

doesn't listen.

> He wants to kneel on the couch with his legs on the floor but doesn't want to

sit.

> Does this mean anything?  What should I do?

>

>

> 3yrs old ASD ... will start cheltion soon

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

When my under 2yr old did this, it was when we'd introduced Trienza, which is

constipating. Before that, he was pretty much a poop on the potty only kid, from

a young age. Once we backed off the trienza completely and upped his Nofenol for

several months, he stopped pooping on his belly only (or he'd want to stand and

brace self against side of packnplay).

Fiona

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> Hi All,

> My son  doesn't sit down for poop even in his diapers.  He always want to lie

on his stomach on the floor and pass motion.  I have tried to change but he

doesn't listen.

> He wants to kneel on the couch with his legs on the floor but doesn't want to

sit.

> Does this mean anything?  What should I do?

>

>

> 3yrs old ASD ... will start cheltion soon

>

>

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