Constipation in 16 month old - Help!

My 16 month old is withholding after being constipated which is making the issue much worse, she is so distressed everyday, we were given lactulose by her GP she’s had 10ml a day for 10 days, managed to go twice but it’s still hard. Any advice would be much appreciated I feel helpless seeing her in such discomfort.

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Try sum apple juice or prune juice

Can you ask the GP for Movicol instead of Lactulose and see if there’s any improvement? I’ve had 2 kids that both struggled so bad with constipation and this worked for them. Weaned my oldest off it by the time she was 2-2.5. The problem with lactulose is, if they’re not drinking enough fluid alongside it then can make things worse

My baby boy is slightly constipated, has been for a while. We started on lactulose which only worked once so had to give him a suppository so some poo actually came out. Now he's on Cosmocol (same thing as Movicol) every day and he poops every other day, sometimes every day. Macrogols are so much better than laxatives! 🙂

I use a pouch of prunes everyday and lots of water, but before I did go to the go and get movicol which helped so now I just make sure she has prunes/pears/kiwi/peach most of the P fruits everyday to help keep her regular x

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