My 10 year old won’t have a bowel movement for 4 days. He gets real grumpy. Why? Just think about the physical reasons that put us in bad moods. They are basically the same as those things that make little babies cry. When we don’t eat, we get irritated. When we lack sleep, we get […]

Is blood in my 3 year old’s stool a normal problem to encounter? Sometimes. It’s not uncommon for children to get constipated, then “force” themselves to poop. The force and hardness of their stool can cause a crack or “fissure” in the skin lining around the rectum, and cause bleeding. If this happens once or […]