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How To Treat Difficulty To Urinate And Passing Stools?

Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...I have a 4 1/2 year old son. He does not poop with any regularity or even urinate what I would call normally. He drinks a lot of fluids (milk & soda). does not eat a lot which I find odd. He is still in diapers
Thu, 22 Sep 2016
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the transition in toilet training can be difficult in some children with a lot of individual variations , some children find it easier to withhold urine or stool than to go bathroom, some children enjoys playing and forgets to ask to go to bathroom or avoid that and they squat and hold their legs in a bizarre way to withhold urine .
it's very common in this age group , but you can try few things :
1- increase fiber diet , he already drink a lot of fluids , so it's a good thing I'd he is gaining weight .
2-make him go to bathroom after each meal , to make use of the physiologic gastrocolic reflex , in which when food enters the gastrointestinal tract , the colon make peristaltic movement and then passes stool.
3- if you see him do squatting take him to Bathroom .
4- if does go to playgroups and pre-KG advice his supervisor to take him to bathroom when she squatting or after meals .
I hope this helps
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How To Treat Difficulty To Urinate And Passing Stools?

the transition in toilet training can be difficult in some children with a lot of individual variations , some children find it easier to withhold urine or stool than to go bathroom, some children enjoys playing and forgets to ask to go to bathroom or avoid that and they squat and hold their legs in a bizarre way to withhold urine . it s very common in this age group , but you can try few things : 1- increase fiber diet , he already drink a lot of fluids , so it s a good thing I d he is gaining weight . 2-make him go to bathroom after each meal , to make use of the physiologic gastrocolic reflex , in which when food enters the gastrointestinal tract , the colon make peristaltic movement and then passes stool. 3- if you see him do squatting take him to Bathroom . 4- if does go to playgroups and pre-KG advice his supervisor to take him to bathroom when she squatting or after meals . I hope this helps