Phobia of pooing

My Lo has constipation and now has developed phobia of pooing. How to overcome it?

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During normal periods, keep the stools soft by ensuring good amounts of fluid and fibre intake. Things like prune puree may help. If there’s really bad constipation, bring baby to a doctor to get some help. Whether by suppositories, enemas or oral laxatives, help the stools to come out easily so that your little one isn’t in so much pain during pooping. For the phobia, the bad memories need to be slowly replaced by good memories. How to do it depends on how old your lo is

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