13 Ways to Ease Your Child’s Fear of Enemas
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...
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Feb 19, 2020
"I just feel so hopeless": What to Expect from Bedwetting Treatment
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...
Feb 5, 2020
Treat Bedwetting at Age 4, Not Age 7
By Steve Hodges, M.D. At what age should bedwetting be treated? The medical community’s boilerplate answer — around age 7 — is profoundly...
Jan 19, 2020
Why Is Your Child Constipated? Because We Live in the 21st Century
By Steve Hodges, M.D. On a forum for childhood constipation, a mom recently posted: My daughter has been struggling with constipation for...
Jan 8, 2020
A Doctor's Best Advice on Bedwetting and Poop Accidents
By Steve Hodges, M.D. Two emails this week raised so many good questions — about limiting water before bedtime, waking a child overnight,...
Jan 7, 2020
Is Miralax Toxic for Children?
By Steve Hodges, M.D. PEG 3350 is a fraught topic. Many physicians consider this laxative totally safe, while many outraged parents...
Jan 2, 2020
The Top 7 Childhood Constipation Treatments Don’t Work — Here’s What Does
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...
Dec 11, 2019
The Pre-M.O.P. Plan: A Better Way to Fix Constipation in Kids 3 and Under
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
Sep 20, 2019
Why an X-ray for Childhood Constipation Can Seem Like a Rorsach Test
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...
Sep 3, 2019
Schooling First-Grade Teachers on Children's Bladder Health
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...
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