When I work with families on sleep, I am always asking about poop! We all sleep better when poop is not too loose but not too hard either. MANY of the kids that I work with experience issues with their poop. Many children come to me taking Miralax every day. When that happens, I want to brainstorm together what we can do to support better poop and to brainstorm with your child’s doctor a) to figure out where the constipation might be coming from, and b) to find more natural ways to relieve constipation. Like many of my strategies, the goal is to use Miralax as much as necessary but as little as possible—to reduce Miralax if possible, but also making sure that we use it enough to sufficiently reduce constipation symptoms.