What are Happy Poops?
Posted by Sheldon on May 11th, 2007.Print This Post | Email to a friend | Leave a Comment
No, its not an answer to a Jeopardy Question. It’s a medical term.
Ava was referred to a pediatrician because of her weight. Unlike her daddy, she doesn’t like to eat so she was not gaining weight and was slipping off the growth chart. So off to Dr. Ward. Here’s his diagnosis.
Ava has chronic constipation because of her picky diet. This causes her poos to be a time of distress (sad poops.) She also knows that after eating she has to poo so she put 2 and 2 together and realized eating causes pain. So she holds the poo in so she doesn’t go through the pain which causes her intestines to stretch and poo to back up which makes her feel full.
So… with some laxatives to help make the poos less painful, some diet change and some time on the potty, we should get Ava’s system cleaned out, her bowels back to normal and Ava eating properly. The Doctor said it all revolves around happy poops. :)
There. Way more than you needed to know right?
UPDATE: Ava had two happy poops tonight! (May 12)
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May 11th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
I’m new at Truthmedia and I have had my nose in the protocol books for the last couple weeks. Upon reading your entry here, I’m not sure that this is considered appropriate according to the Truthmedia Blog Guidelines…I’m mean really, Sheldon, you have quite the potty mouth!
May 11th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Hey… I’m just quoting what the Doctor said.
July 10th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Our son had the same problem. It’s called ‘encopresis’. Basically what you said, chronic constipation. The kid starts holding in poop for some reason, gets backed up, the bowels stretch out, and they also get numb down there so they can’t feel when it’s time to poop (so they poop in their pants all day long without even knowing it). It can be hard to figure out, many doctors will tell you the kid just isn’t potty-trained yet.
We finally got a specialist involved who had us give him a couple enemas to clean him right out. I couldn’t believe what came out of the kid with those two enemas, he must have eaten an elephant at some point.
After the ‘big cleanout’ you start with a mild laxative daily, and get the kid to sit on the toilet for five minutes, roughly 20 minutes after each meal. It takes 6 months to a year to get it all fixed and back to normal.
Always talk to a pediatrician before you give a kid an enema though.
July 11th, 2007 at 7:51 am
Hey Greg, thanks for stopping by. For us it wasn’t the problem of persisting poopy pants. Ava was holding it in for days!
She’s gotten better in that she is going almost daily now. We just need to get her eating something other than dairy products.
The laxatives are helping but in a couple of weeks here we’ll see if her doctor wants to go the enema route.
All in all its a pretty crappy situation.
July 11th, 2007 at 7:53 am
lol, you really do end up talking about poop all the time when you have kids don’t you?
July 11th, 2007 at 8:02 am
Pretty much, Erin.
Whether its kids or pets, waste output is a common topic of conversation. It’s not just poop though. Liquid waste is also a fun discussion. Ava indirectly peed on me twice yesterday.
Do you know if one needs to reapply sunscreen after getting doused by urine?
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