3 y/o cries when pooping

My 3 year old son, for the past 3 weeks or so, has been having bowel issues. He poops pretty regularly but seems to get spasms in his bottom that hurt him. He says it hurts to go, and when he does go they aren't hard or super dark, they look like regular bowel movements. But lately when he goes and we wipe him there is blood. He has also been walking around lately and just starts crying and stands on his tippy toes like he is in pain. He refuses to go poop now for 3 days but will start randomly crying or screaming that his bum hurts. I have no idea what to do. I have given him food that would help soften his stools like bananas and apples, fibre, etc, but it doesn't seem to be working.
Are there any ideas, he is starting to seem like he is in real pain.

[margypops]

It could be the stool is large and hard for him to push out ,ask your Doctor whether a stool softener would be good at this age ,are you sure he isnt constipated, he will need more fibre do you give him cereal each day , orange juice works for a lot of kids.

[Tima]

My one yr old gets constipated when we spend a night away from our home. When I told her dr, was told to give  prune juice. She said to avoid bananas and apple sauce. I am wondering if you are giving banana and apple to your son, does/will it aid in constipation?

[Marimommy]

I have a 3 year old boy with the same problem. He stands on his tippy toes and cries and said his bum bum hurts even though his poo isnt constipated at all. He eats plenty of fiber, drinks lots of fluids and yes, even prune juice.. and just to clarify once again is NOT CONSTIPATED. He also holds his pee pee and even though he says it doesnt hurt there I'm starting to wonder if there could be pain in the front as well. When I told his doctor, she put him on laxaitves, so 2 weeks later when he is still having pain when he poos and soft loose stools (big surprise) I'm headed back to the doctors for the same problem. It can get frustrating hearing the same "advice" over and over about fiber, and prune juice.. etc etc when it doesnt even apply to your child with normal poo's, but I am going to get a second opinion today from a different doctor and will keep you posted.

[Babyethelred]

My three year old is in exactly the same position - Cries that his bottom hurts, (not his tummy, definitely his bottom) usually for some time before he poos and then does a soft, normal poo which hurts him a lot. Then he is fine. It is clearly NOT constipation, but no idea what -  I cannot see any soreness or rash... He has started only pooing every 2 or 3 days and am worried he is holding on to it rather than going through the pain...

Did you ever get any satisfaction from the doctor? Will take him, but would rather go with something to discuss rather than being fobbed off with constipation advice...

[DianaG2012]

Ok ya  this  is weird how today I had a dr appt and she explaind to me how my daughter X-rays from her spinal cord came out abnormal let me say that she is 36months my daughter had been comPlaining of back pain for quite some time now so I finally took her to get checked!  Dr explain to me how some kids don't develop the spinal  cord right and that can cause them  problems with going pee pee and poop they also have hard time walking and of course back pain  she will be having an 'MRI done to see how big of a problem she has but ya should go see dr. Just wanted to throw this out there maybe it can help someone out