6 Year Old with Growing Pains

Does your son get enough calcium? When I was little, I remember always having sore legs. I took Silica and a mineral supplement. Maybe you could try a good liquid calcium for him, but make sure it has calcium lactate or calcium citrate in it, those are the good kinds of calcium. He will probably like the taste of it, especially if it's something he needs. You can put it in juice and he will probably like the taste of it,or blend some up in the blender with apple juice and a banana or frozen berries, like a smoothie. You could try that for a week or so and see if the pains go away. You could also massage his legs with olive oil or lotion. But I would definitely try some calcium. Good luck.

I remember growing pains as a child, but I never had them durng the day. They normally occur in evening or at night. You can alawys give tylenol or ibruprofrin for the pain if he is havign trouble dealing with it.

You learn more about them at the following website.

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/general/aches/growing_pa...

As long as my kids take a good multi-vitamin, the number of growing pains and "charley horses" they have becomes almost 0. I recommend getting a good vitamin from a health food store, not a discount store. My kids love Animal Parade.
They go to a chiropractor too. Make sure his shoes are fitting well and not too small. Sometimes that happens over night. That can affect how they walk, thus lead to pain.
Hope this helps.

My husband says he still remembers his legs hurting from growing pains when he was little. He described it to me before as dull but hard pains down deep in the leg bones, but his pain would come and go in waves.

We've talked about it before because our daughter has mentioned before about her legs hurting.

Apparently, growing pains generally happen in the legs...it's the most common for a child to feel that pain. But, he never said he stayed home from school beacuse of it. If you'r son really wants to stay home from school, perhaps there is something else going on with him that is making him not want to go, like a bully or study issues.

My oldest has had growing pains off and on since he was 3. It usually last a few days and then goes away for a while. Sometimes they hurt so much he wakes up crying in the night. If it happens every morning, just give him Tylenol with breakfast and send him on his way. That usually does the trick. You can also make sure he stretches before bed. If it continues to be a huge ordeal, take him to his pediatrician.
I remember having growing pains and they are painful!

you could bring him to a chiropractor to help him be more comfortable ... it will help alot