DD5 has encopresis also, but it seems to be a real problem when she has a lot of ice cream. She doesn't drink milk so that is not an issue and yogurt and cheese do not seem to be a problem.
And we really work with her to just go to the bathroom if she even thinks she just has gas.
But when her diet is really good and I am wicked at making her have 3-4 servings of fruit, first thing each day before anything else. And then yogurt. On holidays when she eats ice cream daily or even twice a day, then she has a problem with releasing material with gas. Not much, but enough.
Ren
Ren, this sounds a WHOLE lot like lactose intolerance...have you looked into trying a lactase enzyme with the ice cream? DH and I are both lactose intolerant, and the lactase enzymes work really well at controlling it.
