Are enemas safe for children? Yes. Research and clinical experience show they’re not only safe but work better than Miralax for resolving chronic constipation and helping stop bedwetting and daytime accidents.

By Steve Hodges, M.D. Could a sleep disorder, rather than constipation, be the root cause of bedwetting in some kids? What’s the right...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. Could Prozac be an effective treatment for bedwetting? That’s the question posed by a new study published in the...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. The mom of an 8-year-old with both bedwetting and encopresis (poop accidents) recently told me she doubts...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. Kids who have potty accidents shoulder a lot of blame. Parents, at a loss to explain how a 6-year-old can poop in...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. I spend a lot of time explaining to families that toileting accidents are never a child’s fault and are not a sign...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. Whether the issue is a child’s bedwetting, poop accidents, potty “refusal,” or another toileting difficulty, I...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. The other day I read an article in Yahoo!Sports headlined “Mom reveals how she potty-trained her baby at 3 months...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. How do you know if constipation is actually the cause of your child’s enuresis/encopresis or whether the accidents...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. The other day I read with interest a New York Times article titled “Sabrina’s Parents Love Her. But the Meltdowns...