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Olive Oil Enemas for Childhood Constipation: An Old-School Treatment Gets Scientific Validation
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Some years ago, I began recommending olive oil enemas as part of a treatment regimen for intractably constipated...
Feb 27, 2022
Children with Encopresis and Enuresis Deserve the Best Treatment, But Most Aren't Getting It
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Back in 1985, when I was in middle school and Foreigner was huge, a team of Maryland physicians published a study...
Feb 20, 2022
Autism and Constipation: Can Constipation Cause Potty Training Accidents?
"Bedwetting, daytime wetting, poop accidents, and delayed potty training are all written off as part of autism," Dr. Hodges tells Dr....
Jan 29, 2022
“Potty Refusal” or “Lying” About Accidents? It’s Physical, Not Behavioral
Once families understand what actually triggers toileting accidents, the whole picture changes. Treatment stops being about correcting behavior and starts being about restoring sensation and control. When you fix the physical problem, the “behavior” resolves on its own. Kids stop feeling blamed for something they can’t feel, and family tension melts away.
Jan 29, 2022
Family Looking Up: Bedwetting Breakthrough
In this straight-shooting interview, Dr. Hodges tells the Family Looking Up moms why the "bedwetting gene" is a fallacy, why parents...
Oct 4, 2021
About That "Bedwetting Gene"
By Steve Hodges, M.D., Does bedwetting run in families? If so, does that mean there’s a "bedwetting gene”? Does it mean families should...
Oct 4, 2021
The TikTok Bathroom Challenge is Damaging My Patients' Bladders
By Steve Hodges, M.D. As a stodgy, clueless dad, I’m not usually on top of TikTok trends. But I also happen to be a pediatric urologist...
Sep 19, 2021
What ADHD and Anxiety Have in Common — And Don’t — with Bedwetting and Accidents
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Anxiety, ADHD, depression: What do these conditions have in common? Plenty: They’re prevalent among children, and...
May 17, 2021
Problems with Potty Training, Constipation, Bedwetting, and Preschool Policies
In his interview with parenting guru Janet Lansbury, Dr. Hodges explains that hiding to poop is a red flag for constipation and there's...
May 12, 2021
Constipation, Not “Slacker Parenting,” Causes Potty Accidents
By Steve Hodges, M.D. I have a Google alert set for “potty training” and “bedwetting,” so I often read articles offering misinformation...
May 10, 2021
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