The M.O.P. Book: Anthology Edition: A Guide to the Only Proven Way to STOP Bedwetting and Accidents (black-and-white version)

I cannot adequately express my gratitude for this book and how it has helped my family. Very long story short, my son started exhibiting signs of chronic constipation at age 2.5 (namely stool accidents/stool leakage), except we didn't know what was going on or why he was having this and it was very disruptive to our lives. I eventually figured out with the help of Dr. Google that this was a sign of constipation, tried some at-home remedies which had zero effect, and took him to the pediatrician. At the time I didn't know the significant difference between chronic and acute constipation - turns out neither did the pediatrician. He was treated for acute constipation, i.e. put on daily Miralax, also had several Miralax clean-outs. This all just made him worse. The pediatrician was stymied and recommended just staying on ever-increasing doses of Miralax. He was on Miralax for *months* (which I now know made his recovery once on M.O.P. much harder, since it made him much worse than he already was). Fast forward through hours and hours of online research and eventually finding this book. This wonderful, amazing lifesaver of a book. This has been my bible for the last six months. Several months after buying, the updated edition came out, which I bought as well. They have both been worth their weight in gold. I have been treating my son (now 3.5) with Dr. Hodges' approach for the last six months and we are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. The authors encourage having patience with the process, which indeed is so important. And the tweaking of the protocol as we went along... oh, the tweaking. So much tweaking to individualize and figure out what works (and just as importantly, what doesn't work) for my son. Dealing with this problem has been frustrating and isolating, but this book gave me the tools I needed to be empowered to do something effective about it. I am incredibly thankful for not only this book, but for Dr. Hodges' dedicated focus in this field. The M.O.P. Book should ABSOLUTELY be required reading for any provider treating children and adolescents - I have read account after account of providers not recognizing the problems of encopresis and enuresis for what they are and not knowing/understanding effective treatments for it, and this was my own experience as well. So incredibly frustrating. Can't say enough good things about this book. Thank you, Dr. Hodges and Suzanne Schlosberg!

"Bedwetting and Accidents Aren't Your Fault" explains the connection between constipation and bedwetting in a very simplistic and plain language way. The book walks the reader through the chain of circumstances that leads to chronic constipation, "poop accidents" and bedwetting, and the very manageable and common sense strategies that families can use to resolve these problems. The strategies outlined in the book have been a Godsend for our family and we are now seeing consistent progress in resolving my teenage daughter's bedwetting. It has given us all hope that this is the long-term solution we have been looking for, and I am so happy to say that I can see a big change in my daughter's confidence that her bedwetting will be fully resolved in the foreseeable future. One of the many nice qualities of this book is that it breaks down complex concepts about constipation as the cause of bedwetting in a way that children, teens and adults alike can understand, and provides practical solutions that are supported by science and practice. The light-hearted illustrations and annotations make this book a very readable resource that should help parents engage their kids in working together on the lifestyle changes that lead to success. I highly recommend this and plan to buy a copy for our primary care practice so that other families who are struggling as we did for so many years can have the information they need to stop the bedwetting.

As a pediatric physical therapist, I have been treating kids with bladder and bowel incontinence for the past 4 years. Without a doubt, this book has changed my practice for the better - giving both myself and my patients a resource that is unparalleled in its simplicity and content. Since it was published in December, I have used this book with each and every one of my patients. The illustrations easily demonstrate what were challenging concepts to convey to kids and parents and I LOVE the page explaining what happens to the bladder when the bowels are full. The stretched-out t-shirt analogy to the constipated colon is genius! The simple fact that there is now a book about leakage issues immediately helps put kids at ease, knowing that they are not alone in dealing with these challenges comes as a huge relief. This book also empowers kids in a way that helps them to realize they can take charge of their bodies in ways that are positive, inherently improving their quality of life - which is THE most important thing. I highly recommend this book to any child or parent who is struggling with bladder or bowel leakage issues - along with Dr. Hodges' 'Its No Accident' book.

I wished I knew about this picture book as well as "No Accident" by the same authors a long time ago when our 5-year old started to have accidents and never graduated night time diaper!!! We went to pediatrician and also referred to Stanford U pediatric urologist department but their advise came short to fix his problem (they were in the right direction but not sufficient). As parents it's been stressful for a long time, and my son must have been going through very tough time to deal with it. This book actually tells him it is ok and not his fault and explains what is going on (and why he has to take Miralax and do enema). We only had this book for 3 days, and my son asked me to go over it already three times while he sit on the toilet. This tells me the accidents have been bothering him (but unable to let it out), and he is keen to make it stop. We have the poo chart from this book hang in the bathroom. This book will help your children understand a lot better what is going on and what is needed and it's ok, than you trying to tell them. It took me a while to figure out the best way to read (there are narrations and descriptions on the same page) but highly recommended to any family with kids having accidents.

Someone is frustrated and contemplating buying this book, to them I say "Do it!". My daughter is 8 and has never been dry day or night. Her poop accidents are usually limited to vacations, but the pee accidents are daily. We have seen a urologist for years. She has been on a medication to stop bladder spasms and Miralax. She has had 4 x-rays that all resulted in a diagnosis of "she's constipated", but without much advice other than what we had tried. She was on senna for three months with no change in symptoms, and the doctor wanted more x-rays. I had read It's No Accident years ago and I just knew that the urologist wasn't seeing the problem. We finally broke up with him and I bought the book. We started on phase 1 with Pediatric enemas and didn't see much improvement, so we moved up to the "large volume" enemas. We are on day 5 of those and we have just had our 4th completely dry day/night!!! I couldn't be happier, and my daughter is finally feeling like there is hope. She's a self-conscious kiddo, so she would be quick to tell you that it's not her favorite time of the day. She would tell you though that the high volume enemas are gentler than the pediatric ones, and to not be afraid. She would say to jump in and do it. Hugs to all of those families who are dealing with accidents way past the age when they "should" stop. This doctor really is onto something that works.

I guess I'll be the first person to review this book. It's so new that it still smelled like printing ink when we got it! If you're not familiar with the It's No Accident book, then this children's companion book it's going to sound really weird to you. It would still be helpful to children and adults unfamiliar with main book, but it's not a typical children's potty training book. So know that before you buy. We are working with our pediatrician and following the It's No Accident book protocol, so this children's book has been very helpful to our three and a half year old. He likes this book and wants to read it every day, often while he's on the toilet :) As the person reading the book, it can be a little confusing to know when to read which parts because there is the main text, LOTS of character thought bubbles, signs, etc. It takes a few reads to find your stride. But it's more of a free form read, and for young children who like books to be predictable this can be confusing, because different people will read it different ways. And honestly we skip over some stuff that doesn't apply to us (like the page spread on enemas) and add some dialog on stuff that that does apply to us. I wish this book had focused a little more on not "holding" and going to the potty RIGHT when you feel pressure. Don't get me wrong, it does talk about this, I just wish it would have focused on it a little more. Overall it's a good book and delivers a lot of information in an easy to understand way. In fact, it's such a good "Cliff's Notes" on the main book that it's a great read for peripheral caregivers like grandparents, babysitters, and spouses who never finished the main book!

(Also posted for The M.O.P. Book by the same authors.) I bought this book after checking out the bedwettingandaccidents.com site. Dr. Hodges' and Suzanne Scholosberg's approach seemed to make more sense than the "oh he'll grow out of it" advice I kept getting from the pediatrician for our 5 year old son's bedwetting. Sitting back and waiting isn't really my style, so this was a better fit for our family. We followed the guidance outlined in the M.O.P. book. This was just the right amount of factual explanation plus humor for a 5 year old boy. This was key to getting our son on board. (That, and some well timed bribes and treats when it felt like a drag.) The few times (at the beginning of our process) that he objected to the enema, we opened up the book to the picture of the fireman with the hose, and that worked to remind him why we were doing it. The poop chart was really helpful (and a bit convicting for all poopers in our family.... just saying) and at the beginning we would examine and compare to the chart... a little scientific observation! The M.O.P. book is a very quick read for parents, and very helpful, step by step guidance for dealing with potty problems. After reading the book, we started right away on M.O.P. and saw immediate results, which I know are not typical. Encouraged by our results, we kept at it full steam despite a regression about 15 days in. We doubled down, and have been dry now for 25 nights.... enough success to make me confident enough to write a review. I've now told lots of other moms about M.O.P. and have become, it seems, the local expert on chronic constipation. Lots of other friends are afraid of M.O.P., mainly of the enema part, because it seems too yucky. But for me, cleaning up urine-soaked sheets every morning, remaking beds every day is just as yucky. I know we could have regressions in the future, but I feel confident now that we know how to address them. Right after I publish this review, I'm going to finally cancel my Subscribe and Save order for pull-ups.... never thought it would happen!

As a physical therapist who specializes in pelvic floor rehabilitation of adults and children, instructional books of this sort are certainly a needed source of information for parents and children, but I found this one too"busy" - too much information per page, too many liiustrations. To me it is just like looking at a loaded power point slide, i e., too much information per page. A better approach always is -Keep it short and simple . I can't recommend this book