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I'm concerned about giving my 2 year old daughter who
suffers from constipation your suggested dosage of
mixing 1 tablespoon of metamucil in food. The warning
on the container says "Taking this product without
adequate fluid may cause it to swell and block your
throat or esophagus and may cause choking." It also
doesn't say anywhere on the container that it can be
mixed into food. She does not like to drink much and
when she does it's never predictable. Would the
metamucil then be at all dangerous to give to her?
In Reply to: Metamucil for children posted by Terry on January 28, 2001 at 02:28:29:
You said your daughter doesnt drink that much...bingo!Does she like applesauce,pudding,peanut butter or ice cream? You can sprinkle magnesium into them and it will soften her stool.
In Reply to: Re: Metamucil for children posted by Sue on January 28, 2001 at 04:31:11:
I find Metamucil an unacceptable form of psyllium (its main ingredient) because of the additives it contains. [I learned in a college marketing class, that the suppository shape of the logo and the additive work together, because the sugar thickens the blood and give a sensation in the bowel. You can purchase plain psyllium at the health food store--I gets very like a pudding quickly when mixed with water, and is a bit unpleasant to the taste. You can get used to the taste. But there is also an EXCELLENT product available at the health food stores that is much better than Metamucil--It is called "Fabulous Fiber" and is manufactured by Lewis Labs. Their products are special. I recommend an adult use this, too, for a period of 10-14 days. You will feel aglow inside, due to its ability to drag away impurities that reside for too long a time in the gastric tract. I swear by this product. I don't use it 365 days a year, but do tend to use 2 week phases and am always glad I did. Don't pass up the chance to use it. Jerry Snyder. ps--they now have a site, too, but I don't have the URL for you. I searched and found a company who sells their products, maybe you cna find their URL through them:
In Reply to: Re: Metamucil for children posted by Jerry on January 28, 2001 at 12:35:11:
The URL did not print on my resopnse, so here it is again:
http://myvitanet.com/lewislabs.html
Maybe you can find the Lewis Labs URL through them...
In Reply to: Re: Metamucil for children posted by Sue on January 28, 2001 at 04:31:11:
I'm not familiar with sprinkling magnesium in food as a
stool softener. Is this something you've done for your
child Sue and found it successful? Did you sprinkle it
once a day?
In Reply to: Re: Metamucil for children posted by Terry on January 28, 2001 at 16:38:45:
Yes,I used magnesium 200mg capsules broken open and mixed with their milk whenever they had bad constipation.My kids got constipated from the applejuice that was storebought and also too much cheese.I changed over to natural applejuice and cut that with water.Also cut down on the cheese.I noticed that they slept better and thier stools got softer too.
In Reply to: Re: Metamucil for children posted by Sue on January 28, 2001 at 04:31:11:
My granddaugter is 3 yrs 3 months old. Recently she started stool withholding. Her mother took her to the doctor, and he said to give her mineral oil for a month.
She starte to go, however you can tell she still is trying to hold it. A little soft marble comes out (usually in her panties). I read about how when a child holds her stool for so long that a build up loose stool slips past the large stool and causes "accidents" or "staining". And that the child cannot help these accidents. The mother (not my daughter) my son and her are no longer togther. has now decided that her daughter is having accidents on purpose. She spanks her. We have tried giving her written information to help educate her, however we don't know whether she reads it. It is horrible to know she is being punished. This little girl was pulled away from her father for over 2 months recently because the mother had met an ex-con and had decided she would go to another state with him and our grandchild. Her father was going through the system to stop it. Our grandchild was used to being with her father and his extended family at least 5 days a week for the last 3 years. The guy left her, and the court told her that she could not take her out of the state. Anyway, as you can see this little one has been through alot of emotional stress. The mother does not read any parenting articles or books. Any suggestion as to how to approach this very hot tempered mother would help us. Any quick articles that are easy to read to show her punishment will only make it worse. She tends to use humiliation to make this sweet child behave. Her father is trying despartely to get custody, however we know the courts are gender biased. So we must try to help her emotionally as best we can. She already shows signs of low self esteem.
Hope this is okay, but I need some advice.
k.rae
In Reply to: Metamucil for children posted by Terry on January 28, 2001 at 02:28:29:
Hi, Terry.
Most food is about 90% water. If you mix a little in every morsel of food you offer the child is is possible that you can get enough into her to resolve this problem.
The only way that what they are saying could posibly do what it says is if you gave it to her straight. They are bending over backward to avoid even the possibiliy of suit in the this increasingly litigenous society. If someone can sue McDonalds because their coffee was too hot....
Your statement that "she does not drink much water" could be the entire cause of her constipation.
Walt
In Reply to: punishing 3 yr olds for bm accidents-help! posted by k. rae on January 29, 2001 at 19:31:11:
Hi, rae.
I feel for your predicament but even more for the child!
One of the great failings of our culture is the ridiculous attitude that humans have genetic knowledge about child rearing and simply by the act of procreation are knowledgable parents. It truly is amazing that any of the children grow up healthy in such a complex society as we have today. Perhaps this was true in cave man days when instinct was all that was needed. That has not been true in recorded history and certainly not today!
This mother will pay for her ignorance when this child is a teenager. Unfortunately the child will pay more.
The doc who recommended only the MO to resolve this apparently has had little experience with the problem. How many people on this BB have already found that that didn't work??? If one is going to do just one thing it is the metamucil (fiber) and increasing fluids (as far as the colon is concerned these are both the same thing).
I agree that punishment is the worst thing one can do. Ignoring the problem is a lot more productive. However, this mother sounds like she thinks she already knows (congenitally) everything she needs to know about parenting. How can one blame her when that is the message our society has been pushing for 100 years???
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Metamucil for children posted by Terry on January 28, 2001 at 16:38:45:
Terry.
Magnesium is a laxative if one gives the kind that is not easily absorbed (citrate or oxide, for example). Of course, as a laxative it has all of the problems a laxative habit can have.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Metamucil for children posted by Jerry on January 28, 2001 at 12:35:11:
Hi, Jerry.
I agree with most of what you said. ANY kind of fiber, given in large enougyh doses, will resolve this problem ESPECIALLY if used in the way the protocol describes.
Walt
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