Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Preventing Potty Problems
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🗓️ 8 May 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Elizabeth Newcamp, Jamilah Lemieux, and Zak Rosen answer a question about a little boy who was mostly potty trained but now is having daily accidents. They’re joined by Dr. Christine Stephenson, a pediatric physical therapist who specializes in kids with urinary and fecal incontinence and chronic bladder infections. She’s also the author of The Constipation Game Plan. Christine has some useful advice for stopping the accidents as well as general advice for anyone either on or starting a potty training journey with kids.
Recommendations:
Zak: Mr. Farts: Farting Around the House
Jamilah: Never Have I Ever on Netflix
Christine: Picking up litter outside with kids.
Elizabeth: Does it Fart? The Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence
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| 0:00.0 | If you're looking for a new podcast, might I recommend our podcast? |
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| 0:58.3 | This episode contains explicit language. |
| 1:03.3 | Welcome to Mom & Dadr Fighting Slates Parenting Podcast for Monday May 8th, the POTTY Problems |
| 1:08.7 | Edition. |
| 1:09.7 | I'm Elizabeth Newkamp, I ride the homeschool and family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose, |
| 1:13.3 | I'm the mom of three little's, Henry, his 11, Oliver, his 8th, and Teddy, his 6th. |
| 1:17.8 | We live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. |
| 1:19.6 | I'm Jameela Lemieux, a writer, contributor to Slate's Care and Feeding Parenting |
| 1:24.4 | Pound, and mom to Naima, who is 10, and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 1:29.6 | I'm Zach Rosen, I make another podcast that's called The Best Advice Show, and I'm dad |
| 1:33.5 | to Noah, who is five and Ami, who's two, we live in Detroit. |
| 1:39.5 | Today on the show, Dr. Christine Stephenson, the constipation coach, is back to help us |
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