Recurring Expenses: Miralax

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5 Year Old Potty Problems - Help!!

Here's the back story: our 5 year daughter fully potty trained for a very brief window, around age 3. We had a blessed few months accident free, and ever since then, we've been battling potty accidents to varying degrees. She is now 5, so that makes two years. The problem ebbs and flows (excuse the pun), but never goes away. Here are the details: 1. She has pee and poop accidents, day and night. There's no real rhyme or reason to it - sometimes she remembers and gets on the potty in time, a lot of times she doesn't. She'll have an...

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Toddler with Constipation Issues

My 2 year old daughter has major constipation issues. Her Pediatrician has put her on Miralax since April, 1 tsp per day. That has not helped her become regular like he hoped- he wants her to go 6-7 times per week, it's more like 3 (if we are lucky) times a week. The Miralax often causes very loose stools that make her go about 5-7 per day, developing in very painful diaper rash which then I take her off of it completely. For the last two weeks she has gone once a week. For a last resort we go to suppositories- which I absolutely hate doing...