Potty Training: Miralax

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Benefiber Instead of Miralax?

Hi, our son will be three in November and is taking Miralax for chronic constipation. Long story short, he is potty trained except for when his stool gets backed up and then comes out uncontrollably and extra soft due to the Miralax. It is so hard to figure out the right dosage for him - right now we do a half cap a day, and a full cap if he hasn't pooped in two days. Anyway, to say it stresses him out would be an understatement. His stool so unnaturally soft, it's pretty much diarrhea. So, despite the fact that he never has accidents...

Miralax Vs. Suppositories

I took away my son's pullups and he is withholding his stool now. Today is...

Any Moms Use Miralax?

Hi Everyone! I am just curious if any of you have used Miralax for your...

Help! - How to Potty Train a Toddler Who Refuses to Potty Train?

Hi everyone, My son will be 4 in January and does not care to be potty...

Withholding Stool Even Though He Is on Miralax

I am wondering Why my child is still trying to withold stool even though he...

Complicating Factors

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Miralax for Toddler

My son has been battling constipation as we've gotten full into potty training. I know this can be a normal thing but we've had a couple of bouts here lately that have been really tough. So his pediatrician finally convinced me to buy Miralax today. I have been really reluctant to give him anything "unnatural," preferring to use prunes and that kind of thing, but she explained that after an episode or 2 of constipation the end of the bowels can actually stretch out a little, making the next poop that forms bigger than normal, and it...

Benefiber Instead of Miralax?

Hi, our son will be three in November and is taking Miralax for chronic...

Miralax Vs. Suppositories

I took away my son's pullups and he is withholding his stool now. Today is...

Moms Who Use Miralax

Our son was just put on Miralax by a nutritionist. We started on Thursday...

Miralax for My 23 Month Old?

My son who will be 2 friday has had belly pain for several weeks. The dr...

How Long It Takes

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Miralax "Clean Out"

My son is VERY constipated and the dr said we had to do a "clean out" as he called it. We had to do Miralax 4x today, 4x tomorrow, then monitor from there. My question is when will it start to work? He hardly had anything today and I want this to get started (so we can get it done!). Any thoughts? I'm calling the dr on Friday if I'm not seeing enough "results" by then.