tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347324365882583578.post3694338654504576330..comments2023-10-01T06:32:11.982-07:00Comments on PEACE in PUZZLES: Three thingsIntegrity Singerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09196095126605205738noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347324365882583578.post-64971123659379474242010-05-28T21:35:26.774-07:002010-05-28T21:35:26.774-07:00Extra virgin coconut oil is really great too for m...Extra virgin coconut oil is really great too for moving things along, and healthy for you as well! You can mix it into things such as stir fries, use it to fry potatoes/egss etc. etc. Great stuff! It's useful for all kinds of skin issues and makes a great massage oil if you like to give your kiddoes massages on their backs/arms or even just to rub into their hands. Read the book "Coconut Cures" and as my Dd says, "If even half of what they claim is true, it'd be wise to use it!" She had some significant health issues improve after using it regularly for awhile, and now she has me hooked.Happymom4 aka Hope Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853646859979784516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347324365882583578.post-85817999153953502092010-05-28T08:20:51.687-07:002010-05-28T08:20:51.687-07:00We screwed around with doctors for well over a yea...We screwed around with doctors for well over a year with my son's constipation/leakage issues. It was a nightmare! Nothing, and I mean NOTHING helped. They had him on mega doses of miralax (despite me repeatedly telling them that it wasn't working), restricted diets, increased fiber, consuming a full bottle of mineral oil every week (GROSS - and wildly unhealthy) and still nothing was helping. <br /><br />I finally got sick of paying the fancy pants idiots (NOT a fan of doctors!!) and did my own thing. I went on the internet and found some good old fashioned home remedies. My personal favorites were good old fashioned "dynomite" - OJ and olive oil (WAY more healthy than chemically process mineral oil). Equal parts (about 3/4 cup) of each every night for about 2 weeks. You can even get lemon flavored oil at some health food stores to make it taste better if you want. I didn't. I just used the light tasting olive oil you can get at any grocery store. I also graudually started decreasing the amount of oil after the first week. My kiddo got a tasty cup of prune juice every morning. He hated it. And finally, after about 10 days of this business, I went to the health food store and bought a good quality adult colon cleanse kit. It was just pills. I gave him half doses of the cleanse along with a good vitamin c pill. FINALLY we had success and haven't had a problem since. It's been almost 2 years now.<br /><br />Along with doing my own thing, when my son would complain about the new regieme, I expalined to him that all the poop that was stuck in his body was making him very sick and it needed to come out. Until he was ready to let it come out, he had to drink what I was giving him. I also told him that once he let all that poop out that he didn't have to drink the stuff I was giving him any more. He took me seriously and started pooping. <br /><br />I'm not sure the regieme would have been effective in parts. I think it really did take all of it. High doses of vitamin c and prune juice are natural laxatives, the oil lubricated the intestinal track and helped to break up the stuck stuff and get it moving, and the colon cleanse made sure the whole system was cleaned out, but not with force, so the colon had time to adjust to it's new size.<br /><br />I still give my son a Fiber One tablet every day, we eat lots of fruits and veggies, and I sneek those now beloved chia seeds into everyone's diet as often as I can.Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08444891084585965661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347324365882583578.post-75162089747728506222010-05-28T07:26:12.287-07:002010-05-28T07:26:12.287-07:00we have the same issues with Calvin, scheduling ba...we have the same issues with Calvin, scheduling bathroom time helps, morning, late afternoon and befroe bed here. He also gets a huge dose of peglyte everyday, it is what they use to clean our your bowel before a colonscopy, it's strong stuff. He still soils a bit at there are still some issues when he is stressed but the odor is gone because it is impossible for him to withhold for very long. He a barium enema and his boel is stretched beyond belief, he may need surgery... only time will tell.stellarparenting.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975942737904876508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347324365882583578.post-9475323398710651642010-05-27T20:22:49.934-07:002010-05-27T20:22:49.934-07:00Our guy had big issues last year with holding and ...Our guy had big issues last year with holding and subsequent leakage (he wasn't even aware of the seepage- what a mess). Miralax, Miralax, and laxative pills once in a while to clear things out - lots of fruit and water, scheduled time in the am (teach the bowel when to empty) some basic biology education on what was happening and why he was messing his pants (chronic stretching weakens the muscles needed to push poop out...)and asking if he has pooped lately. His causes are past chronic abuse "back there", meds and control issues. Treating it as a medical/biology problem not a personal failure helped immensely with what will probably be a life long issue with constipation. Good Luck.Mama Drama Times Twohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04935810256080795505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347324365882583578.post-81183606344768569082010-05-27T20:12:14.805-07:002010-05-27T20:12:14.805-07:00Withholding is a common childhood thing and I don&...Withholding is a common childhood thing and I don't think it is a RAD related issue. Isn't it funny that when you parent a RAD kid, it is hard to figure what is RAD and what isn't??? RAD is so all encompassing that is is almost impossible to look beyond it. My niece withholds and is on the Miralax as is my friend's son. Neither have RAD.<br />The morning thing....oh yeah. I always KNOW what kind of day I will have within a few minutes of her getting up. Do they dream this crap up while sleeping????Brenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932787965969894963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347324365882583578.post-12642924590695655592010-05-27T18:30:33.637-07:002010-05-27T18:30:33.637-07:00Yes. Daniel's bowel issues were exactly the sa...Yes. Daniel's bowel issues were exactly the same. We did not switch to juice but daily Miralax worked things out. Much to his dismay. Dosing took some work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347324365882583578.post-72149105288922923872010-05-27T18:17:47.870-07:002010-05-27T18:17:47.870-07:00Ho-ray for you! I am trying it to. The one thing t...Ho-ray for you! I am trying it to. The one thing that helped me when MK was younger and started pushing my buttons when her eyes open and didn't stop until she got on the bus was setting me alarm to go off a half hour before she got up. That way I had a cuppa tea in silence before I had to deal with the nonsense. {{{Hugs}}}GB's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08866513131959998883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347324365882583578.post-6016984650947391452010-05-27T18:00:18.418-07:002010-05-27T18:00:18.418-07:00Only child that I knew who had a similar issue to ...Only child that I knew who had a similar issue to Sissy's (so bad he ended up in ER with his wole bowel packed full . . . stomach hard as a rock . . .) turned out to have an allergy (wheat if I recall right) and after that was pulled from his diet, life became much more tolerable for everyone. Prior to this, he'd stretched his intestines so hugely that he had no "go" signal anymore unless things were drastic . . . so bits of softer bm's would ooze out on their own, and he almost always stunk horribly due to that, even as a 10 or 11 year old. EVERYONE was glad when that problem was finally figured out after LOTS of tests and trips to specialists . . . Took time for his inner workings to get straightened back up and he had to have a "toliet session" after each meal. (Which, since he had Asperger's Syndrome didn't make life any easier!)Happymom4 aka Hope Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853646859979784516noreply@blogger.com