Dec 27, 2023Why Most Bedwetting Treatments Don't WorkBy Steve Hodges, M.D. Does resolving chronic constipation stop bedwetting? Yes, undeniably. I’ve treated enuresis (bedwetting and daytime...
Apr 3, 2023“Potty Regression,” “Potty Refusal,” “Not Fully Potty Trained": Why These Terms Should be CanceledBy Steve Hodges, M.D. The other day I received an email with the subject line “Toddler Potty Training Regression Inquiry.” A mom...
Nov 9, 2022Potty Accidents Are Never a Child's FaultBy 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...
Sep 23, 2022Potty 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...
Feb 20, 2015Elimination Communication: Bad NewsBy Steve Hodges, M.D. Oh boy, here we go again: another mom extolling the virtues of placing her infant on the potty. “My son was just 3...
Jan 28, 2015Kim Kardashian: Stop Potty Training NorthBy Steve Hodges, M.D. So Kim Kardashian is bursting with pride that her 19-month-old daughter, North, appears to be a potty prodigy....
Oct 7, 2014Children Toilet Trained Before Age 2 Have Triple the Risk of Wetting ProblemsBy Steve Hodges, M.D. For years in my pediatric urology practice I noticed a pattern: Many of my patients with the most severe enuresis...