Day 3 - A few bottom issues

Our little man woke up in a good mood again this morning.  He played happily until we asked him if he wanted breakfast.  Then he did this little 1 second melt down thing.  He screams 'no', kind of cries and panics, and then may or may not do what you say.  So far he's been easy to redirect, but it's momentarily dramatic.  We saw about 10 of these today.

Breakfast was eaten, and then a bath was on the schedule to wash away the fair grime from yesterday.  Half way through the bath he asked to sit on the toilet to poop.  Seemed normal, warm water helped lots of my kids go to the bathroom.

Then the poor guy had a melt down.  A few quotes from the moment..."Help me, it's stuck", "Get the poop out", and my 'favorite', "it's stuck in the hole and it won't come out!"

And this is when it sucks not to have a clue about what is "regular" for a kid.

Does he normally struggle with being constipated or is this because of the stress of coming into foster care.  If it's normal what does his Mom do for him?  If it's not normal how can I deal with it in a way that isn't traumatizing?  How do I get him to stop screaming?  (I suggested returning to the tub and it worked)

So because it's a weekend and I can't connect with his worker, I'm going to go for the least intrusive solution for now.  We seriously cut back on the bananas, and pushed grapes all day.  And I'm going to sneak a suppository in tonight. (I hope that's as easy as it sounds)  That's the best I've got for now.  If that doesn't have the desired 'results', I'll give him a child sized dose of laxative tomorrow night.

Then we headed off to Steve's parents where he was perfectly delightful all day.

Funniest part of the day?  We went to a little park just around the corner, twice I looked over and he was standing there with his pants around his ankles.  Butt to the wind in the middle of the park.  I asked if he needed to pee, he responded with the 1 second melt down, said no, and I pulled his pants up for him.

Here's hoping for another good day tomorrow.  And a little (or big) poop.