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We toilet trained our twins 6 weeks ago (they will be 4 next month) and they are good with peeing into the toilet and telling us when they need... but for poos...

It's been a month of doing a disimpaction on max dose with stimulant.My poor 5 year old is struggling now. She had a bowel movement in her nappy and then I put...

Hi, Looking for a bit of advice- we are on second disempaction with our 5 year old. Last year he had the max dose for at least 5-6 weeks and still did not...

Another round of disimpaction. This will tally up around 7 or 8 weeks off school in total... I'm literally loosing the will to live with this. It's becoming...

I’m having a right battle with my gps getting more movicol. Why are they so difficult? Are we there? Are we close? His tummy is now completely flat, no foul...

what’s the longest you can be on a stimulant?

My daughter is 8 and has done maybe 3/4 rounds of disimpaction. Does anyone else's child, on a maintenance dose just stop pooing again? She's autistic with...

So frustrated

hi all, we thought we had reached disimpaction after 3 weeks with 4 days on 14 sachets..as we saw un digested food..however, when we titrated down to 6 sachets...

Please help. my son is day 3 of 8 sachets. We are had lots of brown water. Today he’s started on his sachets again. It’s bright green is this normal. Please...

What's the longest the disimpaction can go on for?

Have we reached disimpaction?it's been nearly 3 weeks she's on 12 sashes.

My daughter has been with bladder bowel team since she was 6 months old she is 5 now and has never had a solid poo it is ether litte specks of poo or...

Hello, really hoping someone has some advice as I’m at the end of my tether! My son is 5, he has struggled with constipation since he was 6 months old. He went...

Hello all! I'll start with a back story and explain our situation as best as I can. So, my son (4 y/o) has been on a daily dose of Cosmocol (1x sachet) for...

Hi, we are currently 4 weeks into disimpaction of my nearly 3 year old, on max dose of 8 laxido and been in 5ml of pico daily since last Tuesday (14/5). Still...

Help please! I have a nine year old who is becoming increasingly stressed after a bowel movement about being clean. He will continue wiping and wiping even...

Hi everyone. Currently day 14 of our first disimpaction with our 5yr old. Followed GP advice to follow regime for 1-5yr olds for first 8 days. I spoke to GP...

My 12 year old daughter is impacted and she's done 7 days of Klean-Prep in hospital after 3 weeks of Movicol. It feels like it's not working as she's only...

Hi everyone. We are currently going through our first disimpaction with our 5yr old. She has had ongoing issues with soiling and only pooing in pants/nighttime...

My daughter (4.5) has Ehlers Danlos (connective tissue disorder) which affects her joints and muscles. It causes constipation, unsafe swallow and hyper...

we have struggled with our nearly 3 year old withholding stool for over a year, was advised to do a disimpaction regime. Started this on the 19/4 and got her...

we are going to be starting disimpaction soon, we currently have Laxido and was planning on making jelly pouches but because you can only keep Laxido for 6 hrs...

My daughter has suffered since she was 4, she currently takes cosmocol and we are on day 2, she is off school as I can never send her when she is like this,...

I attempted starting a disimpaction regime on my 3 year old withholder with chronic constipation following advice from the ERIC helpline. I can only get max...

my 9 year old suffers immensely with constipation and tummy pains always. Disimpaction day 5 and we have lots thick watery green poop! It’s been a dark...

Hello! My son is currently going through a dismpaction his dose is 12 sachets of laxido, 20 mls of sodium pico alongside supporities an were 7 days in an...

Hello, So we did disimpaction following the guidance here; we got to brown water with bits in consistency on day 7, so 8 sachets. We then went down to 3...

currently in day 7 of disempaction. How watery do the poos need to be? I’d say we’ve hit a very runny, dark, sludgy consistency. Is this enough or should it...

just prompted my daughter to sit on the loo and try to go. all that came out was a mushy blob of poo stuck to her bum which I had to wipe away. yesterday we...