Miralax....

[daycare]

NOt sure if anyone is in to the using a Chiropractor, but I was able to return back to normal after my pregnancy.

The doc had me on Mirlax, but it didn't work for me. I was trying to do everything natural, but nothing would work. I ended up going to the Chiro and after my 2nd visit, I was a new person. I have not had any problems since... NOw I only go to the Chiro every six months.....

[bice99]

My DD is a miralax child. The biggest reason is that she suffers from reflux and reflux meds are constipating. Go figure. LOL. So we had a year or two where she took miralax once per day. Now that she has tapered off her reflux meds, she's taken miralax maybe 5 times in the past year. She never had a blowout or the runs with miralax. The parents must be dosing too high.

[Kaddidle Care]

I'm finding the amount of children listed here on Miralax alarming. I don't think it should be an over the counter medication.

My son was prescribed it years ago because he would go 5 days without a BM and everyone was pretty concerned. He's not a big drinker - never was. I did not use it all the time, just when he went 4-5 days without going and was squatting in the corner (sometimes for up to 2 days).

I also used glycerin suppositories on him. Oh what fun that was.. NOT!

I had pretty good luck with giving him 2 prunes a day for a while. At least that was natural. That and pushing fluids on him.

Once he was out of diapers things righted itself thankfully. But.. all that straining... he had 3 hernias repaired and I have no doubt that all the constipation contributed to it. (He is prone to them - it's a hereditary thing.)

More fresh fruit, more to drink and get them off the junk food.

Please don't use those chemicals habitually.