Our whole family is constipated. Not literally; only Simon has that unhappy designation. But if you've ever been around someone who has been trying, unsuccessfully, to poop for a week - well, you know how stuck you feel. We've been on the phone with nurses & supporters, and it's so far nothing to be concerned about other than the discomfort & stress for all of us. Come Monday and our favorite pediatric nurse practitioner's return to her office, we'll probably take him in.
I think constipation is as much emotional & psychological as it is physical. I don't mean that it's psychosomatic, or that you create it for yourself through stuck feelings & thoughts, but that in the presence of physical constipation you become emotionally & psychologically stuck also.
My husband & I have done a lot of "just going through the motions" this week - we're operating very much on habitual routines. Some things that we're normally disciplined about (like dishes) are stacking up, and our relationship has been somewhat monotonous & dry.
When one thing gets stuck - in this case our baby's intestinal & rectal function - everything slows down. Nothing's moving this week in our house.
Boy, I hope some movement happens soon.
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Perhaps you've already gotten this advice already, but, have you tried giving Simon a warm bath? Maybe even a water massage on his lower back with a shower massager thingy?
We had some friends visiting and their little one had the same issue and the warm water really seemed to, um, clear him out.
As for you and Adam...We have times like that too. I'm not sure what unsticks us... Maybe do something fun and out of the ordinary...
We've done several warm baths - one a day for almost the whole week. In fact, "bath" is one of Simon's recent vocabulary additions, and a new favorite of his too.
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