Constipation in Children: Symptoms, the Brain-Gut Connection, and Chiropractic Care
You find yourself celebrating every successful bowel movement. You have tried prune juice, MiraLAX, prebiotics, probiotics, switching infant formulas, increasing water, changing foods, or adjusting the diet of the breastfeeding parent, but your child may still go days without pooping. When they finally do, they may strain, cry, hide, clench their body, or pass hard, dry, ball-like stools. Their stomach may become bloated, their appetite may change, and they may become increasingly uncomfortable or irritable. For some families, constipation begins to control everyday life. You track when your child last pooped, analyze every stomachache, worry about what they ate or…