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When to call your doctor vs when to go to the ER
📌 PinnedGeneralOne of the hardest parts of gut struggles is calibrating your worry at 9pm. This is the guide we wish someone had handed us. It is not a triage algorithm and it is not medical advice, think of it as…
Welcome to the Pooficient Community 💛
📌 PinnedGeneralHi, and welcome. We're so glad you found your way here. This is a community for parents and caregivers of children with digestive and gut health struggles: constipation, withholding, encopresis,…
Explaining your child's constipation to teachers, grandparents, and other caregivers
📌 PinnedGeneralIf you've ever stood in a school hallway or at a family dinner trying to explain why your child "just can't hold it" or "just won't go", you know the look. The blank one. The skeptical one. The "in…
Glossary: terms you'll see in this forum
📌 PinnedGeneralDoctors and other parents sometimes use words here that nobody explained to you in the appointment. Here's a plain language guide, in alphabetical order. None of this is diagnostic or treatment…
Trying to understand soluble vs insoluble fiber for a 4 year old who holds it
NutritionI've been reading a lot about fiber and I keep running into this soluble vs insoluble split but most of what I find is written for adults and doesn't really translate to a 4 year old situation. My…
The accidents are one thing but the shame on his face is breaking me
SymptomsPosting anonymously because even typing this out feels embarrassing, which I know is part of the problem. My son is 3. His twin sister has zero digestive drama, eats everything, goes like clockwork.…
Gluten free on a tight budget with a 5 year old, is anyone actually managing this?
NutritionMy daughter was diagnosed with celiac about two months ago, she just turned 5. I knew going gluten free would be expensive but I did not expect it to be THIS expensive. The specialty bread alone is…
5 year old hasn't gone in 4 days and I'm trying to keep it together
SymptomsI don't even know where to start. My daughter is 5 and she's been constipated on and off basically her whole life but this stretch feels different. Four days and nothing. She's complaining her…
Starting solids with a baby who already seems to struggle to go, scared I'm going to make things worse
Nutritionokay so my daughter just turned 9 months and we started solids about 6 weeks ago. her pediatrician said to go ahead and start introducing purees and stuff. which we did. but ever since we started she…
Daycare keeps giving my celiac 3 year old "just a little" of the wrong snacks and I don't know how to make them stop
LifestyleI don't even know where to start. My daughter was diagnosed with celiac about four months ago, right after she turned 3. We overhauled basically everything at home. New cutting boards, dedicated…
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