Family Looking Up: Bedwetting Breakthrough

Oct 4, 2021
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Updated: Nov 2, 2023

In this straight-shooting interview, Dr. Hodges tells the Family Looking Up moms why the "bedwetting gene" is a fallacy, why parents shouldn't brag when their child potty trains early (spoiler alert: it can mean they are super-withholder), and why some supremely constipated kids don't wet the bed.

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