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!

(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!

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!

The content of this book is great but the printing is so light/poor quality on some pages that I cannot read the section (see photos attached to this review). I would like a replacement.

I found this book quite by accident,but what a life saver.This book deals with the very sensitive subject of children,and teenagers who have poop soiling their undergarments without realizing it.The book is very detailed about what is causing the issue and exactly how to solve the problem.I was so relieved to finally have actionable information and it has helped tremendously and I would absolutely recommend this book for the explanation of what is occurring physically and how to implement the solution.This book is written by physicians at Cedar Sinai hospital in California.