My son is starting to have a little trouble with hard stools because of a common issue from a condition he was born with. He was born with imperforate anus that has since then been corrected and the most common issue with growing kids with the condition start to exerience constipation. He has regular bowel movements, but has trouble passing them because they’re hard. My doctor recommended Miralax, but after reading some online reviews about it being used in children I don’t want to give it to him. There were some bad horror stories. Anyone know of over the counter stool softeners for kids? I don’t want him to be cleaned out because that isn’t the problem and home remedies and diet doesn’t help. Any help is appreciated.

I’m hearing horror stories about funky, stinky cruise ships!!

I want to book trip for my Grandmother–her first cruise–and I want a TOP NOTCH experience for her.
MONEY IS NO OPTION-Which Line do you recommend??

..and Grandmother loves to party–bar hoppin & club dancing–no rocking chairs for her!!
I’ve never been on a cruise before–please help!!

Thanks!

I have heard of all the horror stories of mother in laws but never thought I would be involved with one.
My boyfriend and I are going to be getting married and recently bought a home together. Since we moved in my boyfriend’s mother calls sometimes 20-50 times every day including weekends. My boyfriend and I are both 29, pay our own bills, etc. His Mom will often call at six am to ask him to run errands for her or she will call when we are in the middle of dinner. If my boyfriend tells his Mom we are eating dinner she gets mad and hangs up on him. His Mom is 54 and expects her son to drop everything to go pick up furniture for her, clean her yard, or look at her granite. My boyfriend complains about it but doesn’t say much to her. When we do go over to her house I will bring over something to eat for her, or flowers, a cake with her name on it for her Birthday and she ignores me. His Mom doesn’t even say so much as hello to me and I have been nothing but nice to her. When ever I do speak she rolls her eyes at me. One time we were in a store picking up a tv armoire for his Mom and it was scratched so I told his Mom I would talk to the sales lady to see if they could reduce the price. His Mom said " boy, those blonde roots of yours are sure showin" Evidently there was a small sticker that said price reduced that I didn’t see. When she comes over to our house I will cook dinner and she criticizes that the floors aren’t shiny enough and that I had my boyfriend’s dog groomed so that there wouldn’t be hair in the kitchen and food. His Mom keeps saying poor dog as if I’m abusing the dog for having it bathed. His Mom lets her dogs eat at the dinner table and I guess she thinks I’m too clean and constantly makes comments about it. His Mom never says anything nice to me or about me and puts down everything in our house . New pieces of furniture we bought that most people have complimented his Mom has made fun of and tried to rearrange our furniture. On top of this my boyfriend’s Mom will drop her dogs off at our house and one of them is not potty trained and peed all over our hardwood floors. His Mom never asks him or me to watch her dog she just says I’m bringing the dogs over. His Mom even said " your cousins are coming in to town and will be staying with you because I don’t have room" His Mom has a three bedroom house and she is single and we have a two bedroom house with only one bed. Then on a serious note his Mom is an alcoholic and use to have her son pick her up from the bars because she was too drunk to drive. His Mom’s friend’s go out and get so plastered they puke in the car. I am concerned because my boyfriend just was diagnosed with diabetes and I have read alcohol is bad for that condition. Whenever he goes over to his Mom’s she pushes drinks on him even after he has told her he has diabetes. My boyfriend doesn’t have a backbone and will drink.
My question is his Mom lives 10 minutes from us ( too close) and wants to see him everyday. I don’t feel like it’s my place to say anything to her since it’s his Mom. I know some Mom’s may feel like their son is being taken away so I suggested he have dinner with his Mom once a week just the two of them so she doesn’t feel threatened. I also thought I could invite her over once a month. She just is so nasty to me. Is this too much or should I just see her when I have to? I don’t want to add to the problems by avoiding her.