Recovering

Syukur alhamdulillah..Anaqin is recovering at the moment from the nasty bug. A day after he got hit by the bug, he got constipated as well. It pained us to see him in that condition...crying whenever there's the urge to pass motion but couldnt do it as the stools has become too hard that it's just too painful for him.

Got him to sit on his potty and eventually the hard stools finally came out. He was totally exhausted after the cruel ordeal and slept right after.

I've read somewhere that once a child becomes constipated and has hard and painful stools, he will then begin to hold in his bowel movements to prevent it from hurting again. This creates a cycle that makes the constipation continue and become worse. And that's exactly what's happening with Anaqin at the moment. I think he's holding his bowel movements thus making him constipated again. I've decreased his milk formula and totally no more cereals at the moment (I used to add Frisocrem into his milk formula as he do not like to eat). Though he drinks lots of water..he still got constipated. We're gonna monitor him and if his constipation continues, we'll heed to the pediatrician for further advise and medication.