Let?s face it, dealing with kids and their poop is never a fun experience, and it can be particularly tricky with toddlers, whether they?re in diapers or potty training. However, if your toddler is not pooping, that?s especially challenging for both you and your kiddo. Here?s what you need to know about toddler constipation, including how to deal with it so that you?ll all feel better.
Everyone?s body is different, so missing a daily poop is not likely a sign of constipation. However, if your child has fewer than three dirty diapers or trips to the potty in a week or the poop is hard, dry, difficult to pass or so big that it nearly clogs the toilet, your toddler may be constipated. Other signs and symptoms may include pain with a bowel movement, a tummy ache, traces of liquid poop in underwear (this may mean that poop is backed up in the rectum) and blood when wiping or on the surface of hard stool (due to small tears in the rectum from trying to pass hard poop). Because your toddler thinks pooping will hurt, they may cross their legs, make faces, clench their butt, rock their body, walk stiffly on their tiptoes or sit with their heels pressed against their perineum to try to avoid having to go. Why do toddlers get constipated"
Toddlers, in particular, can get constipated from a number of different factors in their wild and crazy toddler lives. Kids this age often get fixated on certain foods and, chances are, the ?all-beige diet? (like crackers, cereals and toast) ma...