We had this problem with Becca too. Ann Barnes suggested that we try Baby
Lax, its a liquid glycerin. (for some reason the glycerin chips wouldn't
melt) Baby Lax worked great.
~Rose
My children's smiles are my paycheck, and I am a rich woman.
> [Original Message]
> From: Gary Comparetto <garycomp@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: tri-med <tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 10/30/2005 10:19:58 PM
> Subject: [tri-med] Regarding constipation :-(
>
> Hi,
> Stephen has been struggling with constipation. It's getting to the
> point that it is difficult for him to move his bowels and when he does
> go there is a lot of pain. We've been giving him some prune juice
> through the G-tube - sometimes it seems like it works to get him to go
> and sometimes it doesn't. We also tried milk of magnesia but that
> didn't seem to help much.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Gary (and Elizabeth) parents of Daniel (16), Michael (14), Joshua (12),
> Rachel (10), John (8), Nathan (6), Esther (4) and Stephen (1) (T13
> Mosaic born 10/5/04)
>
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