Cooking & Preserving

  • The “Secret Weapon” Ice Cream: How I’m Helping My Chronically Constipated Child

    If you’ve got a chronically constipated child, you’ll know the struggle: the desperate googling at 2am, the negotiations over prune juice, the tears (yours and theirs), the feeling of helplessness when your child is genuinely uncomfortable and won’t eat anything that might help. I’ve been there. My child has dealt with chronic constipation for months, and after trying everything—laxatives, prune puree hidden in food, fiber supplements that were met with immediate suspicion—I finally found something that actually works and that my child asks for willingly. It’s ice cream. Proper, creamy, delicious ice cream that happens to be packed with soluble fiber, probiotics, and gut-healthy ingredients. My child has no idea…