You know you are there.
His brain doesn't do that for him.
Thus - he SEEKS sensation.
It can take easy paths like spinning objects and wringing his hands.........
or like we're going through now........
holding onto his poop.
See, that pain - it's sensation. He desperately craves sensation that you and I take for granted.
We calculate it's been at least three days - and he hasn't gone. We've put prunes and dried apricots in him three days on a row (lots of them) at the doctors advice. We took him to a new doctor to HELP us with him because we're a little overwhelmed.
Because see, he's at the point now that while he's still the master of his domain - it's causing him terrible physical pain. So he screams. Blood curdling shrieks, to be exact. Last night it was all night, and my exhausted husband sat up with him, holding him until sleep took over and then carrying his giant 45 pound body up the stairs to bed.
The boy has to go poop.
This morning I tried making the sweetest, creamiest coffee in the world and then iced it. He spit it out. The other two kids gobbled it up. One was already a coffee addict so put the eyebrows down. My mother started drinking coffee when she was like 4. They're fine.
This lack of poop is creating havoc and chaos family wide. Everyone's nerves are shot from the screaming and crying. You can't reason with him. You can't even BRIBE him - he doesn't understand "Mommy will buy you a puppy if you will poop!"
This morning he ate three more prunes and some dried apricots in addition to his breakfast.
Somethings gotta give.
Or it'll be Infinite Ease with the One Handed Squeeze I tell you what.
1 comments:
When my little sister was small she had the condition 'chronic constipation', she wanted to go but she couldn't.(Which was terrible because she was potty training).
Finally, the doctor suggested putting a little mineral oil into a drink that she likes, whatever would disguise it(she was still drinking from a sippy cup then). Well it worked. For the next two years she had a little mineral oil every night and had no more problems. Which was a miracle for us because she screamed trying to go and just couldn't, it was like huge rocks.
Anyway, you could ask your pediatrician about it. It did cause some, well, leakage (if you catch my drift). However, she was on a "maintance" program. Your son probably doesn't need that.
Stay strong!
Nicole
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