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It's No Accident: Breakthrough Solutions To Your Child's Wetting, Constipation, Utis, And Other Potty Problems Paperback – February 7, 2012

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Here’s a reality sure to shock parents: Our nation has a silent epidemic of toileting troubles. No one posts on Facebook, “My kid wet the bed again,” yet accidents, bedwetting, and urinary tract infections are rampant and on the rise.
These messy and embarrassing problems — stressful for parents and children alike — are typically dismissed (“Kids are kids”; “She’ll outgrow it”), misdiagnosed, or undertreated. That’s because most parents and many pediatricians are unaware of a research-proven fact: Virtually all childhood potty problems are caused by holding — poop, pee, or both.
What’s behind the holding? In this eye-opening book, Dr. Steve Hodges explains why millions of potty-trained kids are clogged with poop and holding pee, problems related to the Western lifestyle, pressure to toilet train too early, inadequate potty-training follow-up, and misguided school policies.
Dr. Hodges helps families recognize the subtle signs of holding and offers research-based strategies for resolving the wetting episodes and infections related to constipation. Parents and kids will cheer: No more wet undies or bedsheets!

About the Author

Steve J. Hodges, MD, is a board-certified pediatric urologist and assistant professor of pediatric urology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. An authority on wetting issues and the author of numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, he treats 3,000 children a year

Suzanne Schlosberg is a health and parenting writer whose articles have appeared in Parents, Parenting, and Fit Pregnancy. She is the author or coauthor of a dozen books, including Fitness for Dummies and The Good Neighbor Cookbook. Visit her at suzanneschlosberg.com.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lyons Press; 1st edition (February 7, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 076277360X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0762773602
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7 years, from customers
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 0.494 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.6 x 8 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #172,485 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #110 in Children's Toilet Training Books (Books)
- #463 in Children's Health (Books)
- #15,147 in Teen & Young Adult Books

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SUZANNE SCHLOSBERG is a writer and editor known for her lighthearted take on health and parenting topics, whether it’s bedwetting, infertility, or the travails of breastfeeding twins.
Suzanne has collaborated with pediatric urologist Steve Hodges, M.D., on two books: IT’S NO ACCIDENT and the illustrated children’s book BEDWETTING AND ACCIDENTS AREN’T YOUR FAULT. She also blogs with Dr. Hodges at itsnoaccident.net, a website offering support and solutions for childhood toileting problems.
Among Suzanne’s other collaborations: THE GOOD NEIGHBOR COOKBOOK, with chef Sara Quessenberry, THE ULTIMATE DIET LOG, with nutritionist Cynthia Sass, creator of the New York Times bestseller Flat Belly Diet, and WEIGHT TRAINING FOR DUMMIES, with exercise expert Liz Neporent.
Suzanne is solely responsible for THE CURSE OF THE SINGLES TABLE: A TRUE STORY OF 1001 NIGHTS WITHOUT SEX, a chronicle of her epic dry spell, which lasted longer than the Kennedy administration. Suzanne married the redhead who ended her drought, and thanks to high-tech handiwork she recounted in “I Used an Egg Donor,” Suzanne and her husband have twin boys. They live in Bend, Oregon, which Suzanne considers the best place on earth.
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Steve J. Hodges, MD, is a board-certified pediatric urologist and assistant professor of pediatric urology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. An authority on wetting issues and the author of numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, he treats 3,000 children a year
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Lesley

Very helpful for my children

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2014

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I have a 4-1/2-year-old son and a 2-year-old daughter. My son could have been another case that Dr. Hodges's book described: we potty trained him per the requirements of the parents' day out he went to at the time even though he wasn't ready, we knew he had been constipated for a year or so (at least), and we had been giving him a daily dose of Miralax to keep things moving. We would always have to make him go to the bathroom--he never initiated a bowel movement. But, he had bowel movements on a regular (almost daily) basis--large bowel movements, so we just thought he was a typical boy, waiting too long to go potty and getting a little bit of poop in his underwear. However, one day he came to me with tears in his eyes and said, "I don't want to have accidents anymore." He was clearly upset about it and not sure what to do. I got on the internet that same day and found this book. It described my son to a "T." The next day we were at our pediatrician's office. She thought he might be a little backed up, but not severely, as she palpated his abdomen and there was clearly a hard mass in his lower abdomen, but she couldn't feel anything else (and my son is pretty small). She sent us up to x-ray to see a full picture, and what do you know, my son's abdomen was FULL of poop. I was kind of relieved, actually, because I had already read this book and knew that we were on our way to a solution. So his pediatrician told us to go home and start clearing him out (we went the enema route) and we have been very disciplined with the miralax since then, just working on getting the right dose. I am happy to say in the month and a half since we started doing this, my son has pooped one to three times A DAY on the potty, no major poop accidents, and maybe 3-4 times he has gotten a little bit in his underwear and made it to the potty to go (and I'm pretty sure that's because we're still trying to get the miralax dose right and/or he is still trying to learn the sensation since his rectum has been stretched out for who knows how long). He also has a much better appetite.

I think this book will also be helpful for my daughter, as she has already had one UTI. My son has never had wetting issues, but it is good to know that wetting, UTIs and constipation can go hand in hand, and it will be something to keep an eye out for with my daughter.

I cannot recommend this book enough. It is funny, easy to read, and is extremely helpful. I am thankful I found it when my children were still fairly young, and I'm hoping we'll have my son's problems resolved before he starts school in the fall. Thank you, Dr. Hodges, for being a medical professional who truly cares about patients. I am telling everyone I know about your book.

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M. Thompson

Awesome book, but there may be an alternative to laxatives...

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2013

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Here is a three bullet-point version for the TLDR crew. (TLDR = Too Long, Didn't Read)

1. This book has answers when it comes to the cause of bed wetting. Simple is so genius.

2. For some cases that may even seem to be extreme, enemas and other laxatives may not even be needed. Magnesium supplementation may be enough to fix the situation entirely in a as little as a week. "Most magnesium supplements are junk" might be too strong, but ones like Natural Calm found on Amazon are very effective and (most) kids can at least learn to enjoy them.

3. The book mentions switching to soy milk as an alternative to the constipation-inducing cow's milk. Intolerance is mentioned as a possibility of cow's milk producing bowel problems. While soy may help with constipation problems, it comes with its own set of problems that I would personally consider to be worse than constipation. Get educated on both sides of the argument and make a decision. I think that a majority believes soy to be a healthy food, so here's a book with an opposing viewpoint: The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food

Now for the long version.

What i've learned from this book has saved our family a great deal of frustration and rid us of bed wetting. Constipation has always been a concern of our since our now four-year-old son started pushing out his rectum when he was two years old. It's a quite frightening thing for all parties involved, but it's no party. Three doctors didn't have an answer, so we went the guy that everybody says is the best doctor within hours of our area. He said that our boy would grow out of having the problem and he prescribed a spoonful of cod liver oil every day to help lube things up a bit. I was surprised when it "worked". The sad part of this part of the story is that since then my son has been terrified of using the bathroom. Who can blame him after that awful experience?

Fast forward two years and we find out that it still didn't fix the problem. He didn't grow out of it after all. Having recently been forced to overcome a year-long illness by studying and trying things out on my own, I was a great deal more prepared to find an answer this time. I knew there had to be a simple cause with a simple answer, but didn't know where to find it. I only found this book because I was getting tired of the bed wetting problem. We had been changing sheets for two kids every day for what seemed like an eternity. After reading the first couple chapters of this book I was able to link up the increase in bed wetting with the rectum popping out again. This book showed me the simple cause. My wife is a nurse, and she knew about all of the available laxative and clean out options and let me know the concerns with each of them. We both wanted a simpler solution.

I previously would have thought this next part was unrelated, but stay with me and I'll bring this full circle. A friend of mine was having some gall bladder issues recently, so I started scouring for helpful information. Most doctors had basically given up hope for fixing gall bladder problems. There were treatments available, but in the end the doctor planned on having to remove the gall bladder anyway. I remembered reading in several different places (some that I would consider "credible" and others that I generally wouldn't.) that almost none of us eats enough magnesium-rich food, especially compared to our ancestors of thousands of years ago. (I also noticed that Dr. Hodges makes a reference to dietary differences from thousands of years ago in chapter two.) Increased magnesium intake was recommended as a treatment for gall bladder problems.

The month before I started reading this book, I started having my own problems with a painful gall bladder. After studying the safety of magnesium supplements and fillers used in most of them, I ordered some Natural Calm magnesium supplement right here on Amazon. You can go read the many positive reviews of the product. It worked that way for me, too, and as an added bonus, it helped relieve my gall bladder problem. I'd say the problem is fixed. (at least for now) As an added bonus of the magnesium, there was no more constipation in my life. Wonderful!

So there I was a couple months ago enjoying my magnesium supplement as a gift from heaven and then I read this book. I decided to share my magnesium drink in small amounts with my kids. It seemed to do nothing for several days. Four days later, the kids each had four or five sessions in the bathroom. The next day, my son was using the bathroom on his own without anybody even mentioning it. He would just disappear and I'd look for him and find him doing his business. Remember, this is the kid who was pushing out his rectum and frustratingly wetting the bed and filling diapers only a week earlier. Since that day five weeks ago, he has not wet the bed once. Nor has he been scared to use the bathroom at all. My six-year-old has had the same improvements with no longer wetting the bed.

The research in this book has really helped us fix some major frustrations in the family. I didn't use the same fix as is recommended in the book, but it is working great for us. I'd love to see more people's results using Magnesium instead of other laxatives.

Magnesium could kind of be viewed as being a laxative, I suppose. In the bowel, its use is very similar to the way that MiraLAX is described in the book. It helps regulate water and promotes peristalsis to keep things moving normally. The other great benefit is that, unlike MiraLAX which doesn't enter the blood stream according to the doctor, it's a great thing for the magnesium to be absorbed into the bloodstream. It helps build strong bones and teeth and is supposed to help us use our calcium better. I see nothing wrong with that.

You have to finish every health experience or health claim aimed at helping others with one important caveat. Individual Variation is always present, so this may not be the answer for everybody.

As for what I mention about soy, above. You need to do your own research on soy before you try to accept soy into your diet at all. The "soy battle" is quite an emotional / political / almost religiously tenacious one, but the scientific studies against soy are many. The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food is only one book of many that shows mounting evidence against soy. I definitely recommend reading both sides of the argument before you start drinking soy milk every day and make yourself sick ten years (or however long) down the road. I really must make it clear that I don't recall Dr. Hodges recommending that people drink soy milk every day in this book. Emphasis on the "every day" He doesn't give a frequency. He only mentions that drinking soy milk instead of cow milk seems to help some people and he provides a couple of simple recipes for smoothies with soy milk or nonfat dairy milk. Personally, I'm in the "soy sucks" crowd.

Finally, please don't join the crowd of people who hate others because of their difference in opinion. Read up on both sides of the argument and make your own decision and stand by it. I'm of the opinion that it would be best if we could stand by our opinions and decisions without hating others for coming up with opposing views. If only we could have a worldwide movement toward acceptance as strong and consistent as this book will help other kinds of movement. :)

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Carmen

Molto educativo

Reviewed in Italy on March 18, 2022

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2 argomenti che richiedono molta attenzione. spiegato molto bene gli effetti negativi dell'astinenza; ha anche consigli, esercizi ... l'ho consigliò

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A Reviewer

Essential reading!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 30, 2018

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This book is simply amazing and should be compulsory reading for all GPs, Paediatricians and Gastroenterologists!

My daughter was failed by so many doctors who could easily have diagnosed her straight away had they read this book.

Sadly constipation is widely misunderstood by medical professionals.

My only niggle with this book is that it is written for the US market, so refers to the American drug names. In case it helps anyone, my understanding is that:
* one dose of MiraLAX is the same as two sachets of Movicol Paediatric, except that Movicol has added electrolytes so you don’t need to mix it with Gatorade (which they do
with MiraLAX in the US when they use it for a clear-out).
* Ex-Lax contains senna (1 square of chocolate Ex-Lax is the same as 10ml Senokot Syrup).

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Viele gute Denkanstöße

Reviewed in Germany on September 30, 2018

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Selbst wenn man dem Buch nicht genau folgt gibt es viele gute Denkanstöße. Der Ansatz, sofort mit einer Behandlung mit Movicol o.ä. zu beginnen, scheint mir etwas übertrieben, da in unserem Fall eben die Ernährungsumstellung allein schon Erfolge zeigt. Übrigens nicht nur bei unserer Tochter - auch Erwachsenen tut es gut, etwas mehr auf Ballaststoffe und Flüssigkeitsaufnahme nachzudenken. Insofern lohnt sich das Lesen, selbst wenn die Probleme des eigenen Kindes nicht so extrem sind wie in den Beispielfällen im Buch.

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Kathleen Connell

Wonderful Book can't recommend it enough

Reviewed in Australia on April 11, 2020

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I have recommended this book to so many people who think their children are just too busy or doing it on purpose....love this book it's been a life saver!

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felrubia

Tremendously helpful

Reviewed in Canada on October 10, 2013

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Dr. Hodges' book provided me with explanations of my daughter's problem that finally made it all make sense. After many years of her struggling with encopresis and enuresis and subsequent UTIs, not to mention receiving multiple unpleasant diagnostic tests, I feel that we finally have a comprehensive plan to help her turn a corner with this. Reading this book has helped me find a light at the end of what has been a very dim tunnel thus far regarding this situation. Dr. Hodges even responded promptly to a personal email inquiry when we experienced a hiccup after initiating the enemas he recommends. So far, I cannot say enough good things about my experience with this book. If, after completing the recommendations, my daughter does indeed stop having accidents, which I am hopeful she will, I will have even more good things to say about this book. In general, this book is a must read for any parent before embarking on toilet training or who is having difficulty after the fact.

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