Make sure your child does not eat a lot of bananas, apples and cheese. These foods can make the stool harder. Your child cannot have a bowel movement alone. Your child has not had a bowel movement in four days. Blood comes from your child's bottom or rectum.
Constipation is recurrent.
Constipation alternates with diarrhea or leaking bowel movements. Not every child has a bowel movement every day. Sometimes constipation occurs because your child is too busy playing outside to come indoors and have a bowel movement. If this happens, explain to your child that constipation results from holding back the urge to have a bowel movement. The use of enemas and suppositories on a daily basis is not good.