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|Mon, 03-22-2010 - 4:17pm|
I have a 5 year old dd. She has had a problem with her bowels since she was born. She was put on soy formula as a child because she was always constipated and had large bowel movements. Everything was fine until she started regular milk. We reduced her to 2 percent milk and everything was fine again. She is off and on with hard vs soft. Well, the past week she has had really hard bowel movements...to the point that her bottom bleeds when she passes. I have been waiting for it to correct itself like it usually does and so far it hasnt. It's been about a week. Well, today, she had another large bowel movement and her bottom bled. It bled more than normal so I looked and you can see where there is a small tear (if you will)on her bottom. I bought her fiber one bars today to see if that helps soften and hopefully not make them so large. Each bar has 9g of fiber.
Question is: Is it safe for her to eat a whole one? Should I give her more than 1 a day? Do I need to put something on her bottom to keep it from getting infected or irritated? Is there any thing else I can do to make it easier for her to use the bathroom until her bottom heals?
Thanks in advance!