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Yes, Your Child Can Poop Every Day and Still Be Constipated

Nov 11
6 min

Yes, Your Child Can Poop Every Day and Still Be Constipated

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

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Kids Shoulder Shame and Blame for Bedwetting and Accidents: How Therapists and Counselors Can Help

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Oct 25
3 min

Teens and Tweens

Kids Shoulder Shame and Blame for Bedwetting and Accidents: How Therapists and Counselors Can Help

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...

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Potty Training is Not a Competitive Sport!

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Sep 23
7 min

Babies and Toddlers Bedwetting

Potty Training is Not a Competitive Sport!

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...

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“Potty Regression,” “Potty Refusal,” “Not Fully Potty Trained": Why These Terms Should be Canceled

Steve Hodges, M.D.,

Apr 3
9 min

Babies and Toddlers Bedwetting

“Potty Regression,” “Potty Refusal,” “Not Fully Potty Trained": Why These Terms Should be Canceled

By Steve Hodges, M.D. The other day I received an email with the subject line “Toddler Potty Training Regression Inquiry.” A mom...

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What Preschool Potty Accidents and Teenage Bedwetting Have in Common (Spoiler Alert: Everything)

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Mar 16
7 min

causes of bedwetting

What Preschool Potty Accidents and Teenage Bedwetting Have in Common (Spoiler Alert: Everything)

By Steve Hodges, M.D. A 3-year-old who wets her underwear at preschool every day. A 4-year-old who pees constantly. A kindergartener with...

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Enuresis and Encopresis Are Not “Mental Disorders.” Let’s Remove Them from the DSM-5.

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Mar 7
18 min

Teens and Tweens

Enuresis and Encopresis Are Not “Mental Disorders.” Let’s Remove Them from the DSM-5.

By Steve Hodges, M.D. Let’s say an elderly man wets his pants at the park or wets his bed. Or both. Let’s say this keeps happening. Would...

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Olive Oil Enemas for Childhood Constipation: An Old-School Treatment Gets Scientific Validation

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Feb 27
6 min

Enema treatment for constipation

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...

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Children with Encopresis and Enuresis Deserve the Best Treatment, But Most Aren't Getting It

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Feb 20
13 min

Encopresis treatment

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...

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Frustrated by Your Child's “Potty Refusal” or "Lying" About Accidents? It’s Physical, Not Behavioral

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Jan 29
9 min

Children ages 3 - 10 bedwetting

Frustrated by Your Child's “Potty Refusal” or "Lying" About Accidents? It’s Physical, Not Behavioral

By Steve Hodges, M.D. As a pediatric urologist, I treat dozens of medical conditions, but only two seem to generate family tension:...

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Family Looking Up: Bedwetting Breakthrough

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Oct 4, 2021
1 min

Teens and Tweens

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...

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Potty Training is Not a Competitive Sport!

“Potty Regression,” “Potty Refusal,” “Not Fully Potty Trained": Why These Terms Should be Canceled

Don't Put Off Bedwetting Treatment for Your Child

"At what age is bedwetting a concern?" Answers to 6 questions about bedwetting

13 Ways to Ease Your Child’s Fear of Enemas

To the American Academy of Pediatrics: Please Update Your Bedwetting Advice

Nighttime Potty Training Is Not a Thing

Bedwetting Treatment: Why Even the “Nuclear” Option Can’t Replace Enemas

Don’t Assume Your Child Will Outgrow Bedwetting

Teenage Bedwetting: Everything You’ve Been Told Is Wrong

Daily Enemas Are Really, Truly Safe for Constipated Children

Encopresis: What Doctors Get Wrong

5 Ways to Disagree With Your Doctor About Bedwetting Treatment

What To Do If Your Child is Constipated (Hint: Treat Aggressively)

New Study: Daily Enemas Resolve Pee Accidents Far Better Than Miralax

No, Prozac Isn't a "Reasonable" Bedwetting Treatment

Yes, Your Child Can Poop Every Day and Still Be Constipated

I’m a Pediatric Urologist. Political Talk of “Bedwetting” Harms My Patients.

Kids Shoulder Shame and Blame for Bedwetting and Accidents: How Therapists and Counselors Can Help

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