If your child is experiencing painful bowel movements it s time to see your pediatrician for a check up. You may be advised to use suppositories or enemas. Even though these are good remedies they are an added frustration for the child. A person s stool will become extremely hard after going four days without a bowel movement. Every adult at some time has experienced degrees of constipation.
Severe constipation can cause an adult to cry during a bowel movement.
A parent trying to insert a suppository into the child s rectum is seen by the child as a bad mommy or a bad daddy. They only know that you re making their booboo hurt more. If you ever watch a child go through this situation, parent or not, it ll bring tears to your eyes. If you re a parent whose child is experiencing constipation of this severity or know someone s child who is, please continue reading this article to learn how you can help with this problem. When a child isn t having normal bowel movements.