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Pretty much exact same boat as you. Last Christmas we had a really bad bout and had to do the ‘clean out’. But I think the dose was too high after as he got too loose so we stopped. We are now potty training and he’s been holding it so we started again. We are doing 1 tsp daily (1/3 of a dose) and it seems to be just the right amount. I found it takes about 3 days to see the effect so I would start with less and wait, then increase if it isn’t enough. It’s really helped and I plan to continue it for the foreseeable future. He gets it in a cup of 1/2 water 1/2 apple juice each morning.

We had to do a clean out at 3 after a long time of trouble we didn’t totally recognize at the time. Then we went to half a cap a day maintenance. This past year she’s really started eating better and we do half a cap every other day. Experimenting is your best option since every kid is different. Good luck!

I just dump some into the cover to measure so like enough for a little pile in the bottom but not covering the whole bottom. It’s very exact

I found a thing from our children’s hospital that said do 2tsp twice a day for 3 days to kind of reboot their system, then 2tsp a day going forward. W is 22 months and we did 2tsp a day for 3 months then cut him down to 1, going up to 1.5 if he didn’t go the day before. I asked his paediatrician and she said that it won’t hurt them to be on it long term and it’s way better than being constipated. We also do it in yogurt instead of juice because I find it’s a lot easier to get it into him - he’s always willing to eat half a dozen spoonfuls of yogurt.

We just saw the doctor for constipation, but my kiddo is a little older, almost 6. She told us expect him to be on miralax for 3-6 months. We do half a cap a day and he sits on the toilet every evening before bed. 90% of the time this is when he goes. The goal is to get one soft poop a day. Since he’s been constipated for awhile, it will take time for his colon to get back to normal and for him to get the right signals that he needs to poop.

She did say that we may have to play with the dosage. Sometimes half a cap is too much or not enough. If he has a heavy cheese day (like pizza night) we give him a double dose.