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What is ‘Pooping Anxiety’?
If your child won’t poop when they are outside of their comfort zone, even when it’s someplace they spend a lot of time at camp, daycare, or school, the cause may be pooping anxiety. Because young children often don’t have the vocabulary to explain their feelings, it can be challenging to get to the root of what is behind their anxiety specifically. Still, it is not uncommon for children to feel fearful or uncomfortable going to poop when they aren’t in their home environment.
Potty training is a big step for both children and parents. The reward of successful potty training is more independence and autonomy for kids and parents, but it can be a stressful journey. In potty training, kids can begin to withhold stool and resist having a bowel movement, even when they are highly uncomfortable or in pain. Even when fully potty trained, some kids won’t poop when outside their home – at camp, daycare, or school, for example – which can lead to constipation.
If your child withholds stool regularly, they are likely in discomfort from gas and bloating, perpetuating the cycle of being reluctant to poop. The first step is to treat constipation that results from withholding stool. Designed for easy use at home, DocuSol® Kids is a first-of-its-kind formulation for children’s constipation.
Stool withholding is a common problem seen in toddlers. Toddlers try to hold in their stool rather than pass it.
Often this can occur when a child has constipation and is experiencing pain when passing stool. Because of the pain, the child prefers to hold in their stool to avoid the pain they have felt in the past.
Read the full Stool Withholding post published on the ENEMEEZ blog.