Hi Moms,
I really could use some advice regarding my 18 month old daughter's bowel movements. In the last 4 or 5 days she crys as she poops. Sorry to be so discriptive, but I'm at a loss and I wonder if anyone else has had a similar senario. She crys when she poops. It's not hard like she is constipated, in fact it's quit mushy. Again, sorry for being disciptive but we're all mom's out there so weve seen it all. Over the last few weeks, she poops the moment I have her diaper off. I have never scolded her for pooping on the floor or in the bath, although I feel like she is very aware of her actions. Not that it's good or bad, but she doesn't want to poop in her diaper? I have always been "it's okay honey" attidude. I thought she might be ready for potty training, but she's really not taking an interest. I don't know if it's hurting her, or if she just doesn't like it on her. I change her immediatey and she's always fine right after. But tonight she was crying so hard and saying mama as I held her hand during telling her that pooping is good and okay and we'll change her diaper as soon as she's done. I talked to her docter this morning and he thought it may just be that she doesn't like it on her but tonight she was really crying hard that I thought she might be in pain. It's so difficult that she can't tell me. Again, as soon as I changed her, and again a soft stool, she was happy and delightful as ever. Any advice?? Thank you.
you daughter could be constipated even if shes passing soft stools. the soft stools can make it around the harder one. maybe give her a pediactric suppository (only 1/4 of a whole one). this will help her if she is infact constipated. if she doesnt like it on her and she doesnt like to be wet maybe slowly start to introduce the potty you may find she catches on fast. i hope this is helpful good luck!
I wonder if she has some sort of problem like hemorrhoids or a cut from a previous bowel movement. Next time you change her take a careful look at her anus and see if there is something that could be hurting her. If the problem persists, have the doctor take a look.
~N.
Good Morning S., This is what I think may be going on with her, first of all I think it's great she doesent want to poop in her diaper, maybe whn she is pooping she feels like she is loosing apart of her insides she's probabbly at 18 months not thinking in those terms, but maybe it' scaring her, like she is loosing a part of herself. This is what I would do, cause you really don't want herpooping on the floor, andyou really don't want her to thinks that pooping on the floor is an OK thing, if you know she is going to poop, sit her on the potty, make up a poop song ( know this sounds silly but your dealing with a child ) and then when she goes poop in the potty reward her, I always used M & M 's with my kids, ( all grown now ) and I use them with my daycare kids, th good thing about all of this is when you do potty train her, you'll have half the battle won, it's easy, you said she is 18 months, my second child a son was potty trained at 19 months all done. Well I pray this all works out , bless her little heart I'm sure you will get a lot of good advice, different things to try. Let us all know how it turns out. J. L.
Oh my goodness...this one stumped me completely!! But, please don't use suppositories on your little girl. It would appear that her poop is okay, and this could make her very uncomfortable since it sounds like she is experiencing discomfort in her lower region anyway. Yikes! Not to mention they should only be used when under the care of a physician.
I have to agree with the first poster, on some level your little girl already knows she doesn't like the feeling of poop. She can feel it coming, and is distressed by it...terribly, but yes distressed. My sister was such a girlie girl as a little girl she would not cry but yell, 'it's dirty, it's dirty'...and, nobody had told her it was dirty or gross. She just knew.
If her tummy isn't distended, and she's fine afterward then I would go with that theory.
On the flipside, if you are truly worried and need that opinion of the pedi, then make an appointment and have her checked out. It doesn't hurt...really what are they their for???
Good Luck and keep up the great job.
