By Steve Hodges, M.D. Parents ask me all the time: How can I get my child on board with enemas? She’s terrified. Or, they’ll say: I get...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. When parents discover the Modified O’Regan Protocol (M.O.P), it’s usually after they’ve “tried everything” to fix...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. At what age should bedwetting be treated? The medical community’s boilerplate answer — around age 7 — is profoundly...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. On a forum for childhood constipation, a mom recently posted: My daughter has been struggling with constipation for...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. Two emails this week raised so many good questions — about limiting water before bedtime, waking a child overnight,...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. PEG 3350 is a fraught topic. Many physicians consider this laxative totally safe, while many outraged parents...

Let’s say your 2-year-old has red, swollen gums and brown spots on her teeth. No dentist on the planet is going to say, “Well, she’s in...

Does your baby or toddler have trouble pooping? Maybe she grimaces, writhes around, or howls when trying to squeeze out a poop. Maybe she go

By Steve Hodges, M.D. The other day I reviewed the abdominal x-ray of an 11-year-old boy with persistent bedwetting. The boy’s rectum was...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. Should students get to use school restrooms whenever they want? Not according to a team of first-grade teachers in...