Changing your child s diet to include more fluids and fiber-rich foods. Never try to embarrass or punish your child. Giving your child medicines by mouth to help soften the stools. Following up with your doctor on a regular schedule to make sure the impaction does not happen again. Parents, you are the key to helping your child solve this problem.
Consistency is important.
Get your child s school to work with you on the program. Visit the University of Virginia s website on constipation and encopresis in children. It includes a helpful picture of the intestine and rectum, to help you and your child picture what is going on in their body. In choosing the links we provide, we use strict criteria to ensure that the information is accurate, and the source is reputable. As much as possible, we focus on information that is based on research.