I'm on a mission to help my son with his problems. His poopy problems. And maybe I can help your son too, in some hands-off way, by writing this. Or maybe your daughter.
Yesterday my boy had an appointment at our local children's hospital. It was to start at 10:15am and be an in and out consultation sort of thing. This is not how it was. It turned into a big thing. And it was shocking to me.
I'll call my boy LM, to protect his identity, because I'm sure he'd rather that I didn't share this with the world, but I think it is something that people should know about (he chose LM himself). I have had 2 other children with constipation problems at some points in their lives, and I have had problems myself. None of us have seen a doctor about it until now, but I did bring it up at one of my children's check ups and the doctor's advice was, "drink more water." SO NOT HELPFUL. That is so not helpful when your child doesn't like water, or when they are already drinking six cups a day. And any information online is so vague, it is hard to know what you can do, and it is hard to know the seriousness of something that you can't physically see.
Also, I need to map his progress for myself, so I can look back and know that my efforts are paying off. Because I know I will need that reassurance eventually.
My plans for this blog are to record the journey; to share what has worked for us and what hasn't; and to have a place to keep ideas for high fibre recipes, modifications to existing favourite recipes, and ideas for snacks that will keep things moving along. If you have struggled (or breezed!) down this path too and would like to contribute some tried and true tips or recipes, please email me at fibreful@gmail.com and I will share it in a future post.
Welcome to a fibreful life!
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