Digestive Dilemmas

Top of the list for most parents is their children’s happiness. A contented child, be they toddler or teenager, will generally make for a happier home for all.

When a child is unwell or sickening for something, a change in their mood can be the first sign. Stropping off, tears, shouting back or seeming stressed are all typical behaviour in offspring (and adults, come to that) who don’t feel quite themselves.

Common complaints
More often than not the problem isn’t serious. But this is not much consolation as it can be the niggling, commonplace health problems that cause children the most distress and so affect everyone around them. Constipation is a good example. “Emily changes from the most easy-going child you can imagine to someone who’s a real misery to be around,” says 40 year old mother-of-two Nicola. “And her problem is nearly always constipation! She’ll hug her knees to her chest like a colicky baby, and bite your head off if you go too close.”

Chew on it 
Like many children, Emily isn’t too keen on fresh fruit and vegetables. “Getting her to eat five-a-day is sometimes an impossible task, and however hard I try to persuade her to take in roughage in other ways, I don’t always succeed,” her mum explains. “It’s not surprising she gets ‘bunged up’. When she was tiny I’d be at my wit’s end with worry, but these days I know to give her Ortisan Fruit Cubes. “Just a 1/4 cube is usually enough. She likes the taste too, which is a real bonus!” Exercise too can help to quite literally get things moving. Have a fun run around the sitting room, or power-walk in the garden.

FACT:
30% of boys and 40% of girls aged two to fifteen are not getting the recommended amount of daily exercise.

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