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Toddler Constipation

Hey, if anyone can offer me some advice or share similar experiences I’d be incredibly grateful.

My little girl is 2 and has been having Laxido Paediatric sachets for just over a year now.

She was originally prescribed 3 sachets per day and with guidance from her GP was weaned down to one sachet each day. We’ve been told to give her 2 but still strains to poo.

I’ve been told that she could be on these sachets for the rest of her life, which I don’t want!

Trying to get any fruits or vegetables down her feels like an impossible task lately, her diet is pretty beige and Lord knows how much I try each day to get her to eat her greens.

She’s recently developed a nasty nappy rash, she holds herself when she needs to poo, she won’t drink her water with her Laxido in it. She won’t sit down in the bath, she doesn’t like having her bum out for the rash to air out a little either.

She screams the roof down and I mean she absolutely screams the roof down when I change her. I can’t change her without being in tears myself, there’s nothing worse than seeing your baby be in pain or discomfort.

The only thing that’s ever worked for her nappy rash is Metanium 😓 Sod’s Law that it’s been discontinued!

She gets changed every hour at the very least.

I’ve tried to get her started with potty training but she won’t go anywhere near her potty. I’ve tried putting her toys on it to demonstrate, I’ve even sat on the bloody thing myself! 😅 I’ve tried potty training pants. She turned 2 in December so maybe she isn’t quite ready yet.

Her GP has suggested that I use Vaseline after each change, to bath her in plain water twice daily and to use 2 Laxido sachets daily.

I’ve since read that Laxido can cause a sore bum!

I feel like I’m failing my daughter, there’s got to be something that works for her. 😓

I’m taking her back to her GP on Thursday (my day off work) but as I said, if anyone has any advice or can share a similar experience that can give me some hope, I’d much appreciate it.

Many thanks from one frustrated Mamma X