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Tired of Waiting for Your Child to Outgrow Bedwetting? Here’s What Works
Have you been told your child is sure to outgrow bedwetting or daytime accidents? That bedwetting is caused by an underdeveloped bladder,...
Nov 8, 2020
Dear Bedwetting Teenagers: Your Condition is 1.) Common, 2.) Not Your Fault, and 3.) Totally Fixable
About 2% of teens have enuresis—which means dozens of students in any large high school are dealing with bedwetting. Most have been told they’ll “just outgrow it.” But persistent teen bedwetting has a treatable medical cause, and there is a highly effective path to stopping it.
Oct 12, 2020
No, Your Child Won’t Become Dependent On Enemas. "Lazy Bowel" is a Myth
By Steve Hodges, M.D. The following question was posed during a free webinar on bedwetting and accidents that Dr. Hodges presented with...
Oct 9, 2020
Kristen Bell Says She's Never Met a Bedwetting High Schooler. I Have. Hundreds of Them.
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Normally I wouldn’t blog about the same topic three times, but the Kristen Bell “potty training” saga is such a...
Jul 2, 2020
No, Kristen Bell is Not "Too Lazy" to Potty Train Her Daughter
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Usually I ignore potty-training articles I disagree with, but sometimes an “expert” promotes ideas so outrageous —...
Jun 15, 2020
A Doctor Weighs in on Kristen Bell and Celebrity Potty Shaming
OK, here I go. I’m about to weigh in — as a dad and a pediatric urologist — on the Kristen Bell/diaper brouhaha. To recap: In her latest...
May 27, 2020
Potty training during a pandemic is not a good idea!
By Steve Hodges, M.D. A pandemic is an awesome time to clean out your garage (I did that!) or learn 59 ways to cook an egg (I'm too...
May 4, 2020
Constipation and Covid-19: With School Closed, Some Kids Are Pooping More
By Steve Hodges, M.D. As a dad, I’m dismayed by all the learning and dance practices and socializing my girls are missing out on these...
Apr 24, 2020
Q&A with Dr. Hodges: Autism and Bedwetting Treatment, Dosing Ex-Lax for Kids, and Lots More
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Our Covid-19 lockdown doesn’t have many upsides, but one of them is that I now have time for weekly Facebook Live...
Apr 7, 2020
Bedwetting, Anxiety, X-rays, Poop Withholding: Your Constipation Questions Answered!
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Based on feedback from parents, we’ve recently added two age-based private support groups for parents of kids...
Mar 7, 2020
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