I don't want to speak to soon but....

[Macqueen95]

I came across some Nutrigen Inulin sachets for stool regularity on Holland & Barretts website and they *seem* to be making a difference. My three year old has been struggling with stool withholding for about a year now. Longest he held was 10 days and his stools (when they did appear) were a big sticky lump (in nappy) rather than a formed shape, with lots of crying and shouting to get the job done. Lactulose just seemed to make the problem worse. Add to that he still boobs for England and is a picky eater, he was generally only going once a week at best, with the 2 days before just wanting to snuggle under the duvet and not do much.

The poo app actually made him worse "oh no a poo is coming - hide!" - great

Anyway, since these sachets he poos when he feels he needs to (with only a little bit of snuggling up before hand), there is no crying and I can see that they are becoming a formed shape. We're now down to a four day interval!!

I haven't seen them mentioned on here before - maybe they can help someone else?

[SallyandPaul]

Brilliant thanks for sharing

[Anacha]

Thanks for sharing. I too have a 2and half year old who withholds poop and could go without for a week to 10 days.We struggled for a year trying different things.

I'm giving her flaxseed oil n flaxseed meal on daily basis. She mostly goes on the third or fourth day now.

Will try out. Thanks

[Robinia]

Thank you for posting xx

[Sarahekewley]

Great, will look for those, thanks

[Mum03]

Thank you for suggesting Inulin I headed to Holland and barratts yesterday and came out with inulin powder and chocballs. The lady in there was amazing, made loads of suggestions and also I bought their magazine which was all about gut health

[Anacha]

Hi,

I have a similar problem with my now 3 year old girl. Its almost been a year now with trial and errors with all sorts of stuff.

I see that your post is 5 months old. So just checking if the nutrigen inulin still works and what is your kids progress.

It would really help to know. Many thanks

[Macqueen95 in reply to Anacha]

Hi, yes it's still our wonder drug! I actually got complacent and didn't take it with us when we were away for 3 nights and not using it set us right back to 5-7days. He was using all sorts of excuses not to go, I'll do it later etc, but after 2weeks of using them again we were back to daily movements. Initially I worked up slowly from 1tsp and increased daily as we also struggle with food suspicion, and found that we got good results with 1/2 sachet daily too, which makes it last longer.

[Anacha]

That's good. I will give it a try . Since I dont get it here in Singapore, I will have to order it online. Hence I asked if it really still worked after months.

Just hoping they get rid of this fear of pooping and it comes naturally. So tired mentally.

Thank you so much for your reply