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>>>Kathy, how old were you when she gave the suppository >>>on the changing table? >>> >>>Did she give the bulb syringe enemas when she didn’t >>>give a suppository? >>> >>>Until you told on here about the long suppository, >and >>>how it was moved in and out some, I never heard of >>>that suppository. >>> >>>I.don’t remember getting an enema on the changing >>>table. >>> >>>Remember getting syringed often on the kitchen >table. >>>Or across her lap. >> >>Yes, I received a weekly bulb enema. I had chronic >>constipation which mom used suppositories and enemas >>to relieve my bowels. >>Long glycerin suppositories were common in the late >>50s and 60s. They were given to young children and did >>not need to be fully inserted. They were 3-1/2 inches >>long and mom moved the suppository in and out motion >>to increase it's laxative effect. > > >I recall overhearing my mom on the phone to our >pediatrician as she discussed my baby sister's >inability to poop. This was in the late 50's. Mom >repeated to grandma that they would "send out some >suppositories". The pharmacy delivered some items a >short time later. > >I was sitting on the sofa and mom laid my baby sister >next to me and removed the safety pins from her >diaper. She held her legs up as she used one of the >long suppositories to insert in her anus. I recall the >suppository slipping back out several times and mom >pushing it back in and securing the diaper. > >My older sister was nearby with grandma. She said "why >don't you just give her an enema like you do for us?" >Mom said this was what the doctor suggested and if it >doesn't work it's ok to try an enema. Grandma removed >a small white bulb syringe from the sack that the >suppositories came in and showed it to us. > >After about an hour, mom removed the diaper and there >was no poop. She and grandma set up to use that bulb >syringe to inject an enema into my baby sister. I had >to move off the sofa and some plastic was put down. >The diaper was now under my baby sister as mom and >grandma gave her the enema with the small syringe. It >took 3 times before the return caused her to poop. Boy >did it stink. The messy diaper was put into the diaper >pail and my sister was bathed. > >That small white bulb syringe that said Davol on the >box, was cleaned and sat on the window sill in the >shower. The red enema bag hung from the shower head, >and the suppositories were stored in the fridge. I >experimented with each of those in an effort to try >and get out of the enemas that I got from both mom and >grandma. The suppositories were not used on me or my >older sister, but the enema bag was.

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