I have had a difficult time getting my 4 yr old to not be afraid of pooping in the potty. Ever since underwear, he has held in his poops and would either sneak a pullup or leave a small amount in his underwear before I would make him sit on the potty and go. After a year of this, I got a book called It hurts when I poop, which did help my son be more comfortable trying to go, but the premis of the book is that most of the time a kid holds poops in because their diet makes their poop hard. Well, even though we don't eat perfect here, I knew that wasn't really the problem. So I started googling again and saw that probiotics help with your digestive regularity. These were my first choice since they didn't need to be refridgerated and were rated highly. At first I gave them to my son every once in a while and thought they weren't working, but after telling my son they would help make his poops softer and easier to come out and giving them daily, he all of the sudden poops every day instead of once or twice a week! And I don't have to force him! I can't imagine that would have just happened. So now that he is used to pooping I give them only a few times a week and he'still good to go...poop that is :P I'll note, I do as well give fiber gummies to all of my kids as a bonus, but it wasn't until these probiotics that it helped my son not to hurt when he pooped
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