Unstuck - The Official Constipation Coach Blog — constipation
We need to talk about MiraLax (and laxatives in general)
MiraLax is a safe osmotic laxative that helps millions of kids around the world feel better. Here's why you shouldn't feel bad about giving your kid a laxative everyday.
What if a child refuses to sit on the toilet?
A speech therapist friend of mine reached out a few weeks ago to ask for advice for a family with a five-year-old child who refused to poop on the toilet. I get this question a lot, and, frankly, it’s part of the reason I started this newsletter and wrote The Constipation Game Plan. As a physical therapist, I can teach kids all about how to sit on the toilet, relax their pelvic floor muscles, and use their belly muscles to bear down to push out a poop. But when I evaluate a kid who is refusing to sit on the...