Growing Pains
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Growing Pains?
Asked by M.S. from Salt Lake City
on April 21, 2009
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My 29 month old son started complaining of his leg hurting and starting limping. Could this be growing pains or just attention. He also has been sick and that maybe he...
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- Try giving him motrin or tylenol to see if that helps the pain. If it does more then likely yes it can be growing pains. If the pain gets worse or is generalized, ta...
- I had excrutiatingly painful growing pains as a kid. Try to make sure his urine is clear that will help you to see if he has enough water in his system. also watch f...
- I wouldn't ignore it. My little brother started complaining that his leg hurt and would limp when he was about 6 years old. My parents just thought it was growing pain...
Growing Pains
Asked by A.N. from Atlanta
on December 20, 2006
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My 9 yr old wakes in the night crying that his legs and or his arms hurt. My question is could it be growing pains and what can I do for him.Any advice would be good t...
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- my son has had that problem over the last few years , I definately think it is growing pains, if it hurt very badly I would give him a child's pain reliever, but the b...
- Hi A., I had growing pains for years and my mom would have to sit on the bed and rub my legs until I fell back to sleep...They were severe many times. Well my daughte...
- I went thru this exact thing with my oldest daughter Jennifer who by the way is now 30 and perfectly fine. I did take her to the Dr. when she was going thru this and a...
Growing Pains?
Asked by S.K. from Los Angeles
on February 13, 2008
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Since about the time my 5-year old daughter could identify her ankles, she has from time to time complained about her ankles hurting. I have always considered these t...
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- HI, I just took my 5 year old to the dr with the same complaint. Her older brother, now 16, also had a terrible time with 'growing pains' and they plagued him throu...
- I have been going through the same thing for about over a year now. My daughter is 5 and from time to time would complain of her ankles and legs hurting. I started t...
- This is an interesting question. My Daughter was about 8 whe she started feeling pain in her ankles. We also chalked it up to growing pains, but her pain worsened en...
Growing Pains??
Asked by M.P. from Champaign
on March 8, 2010
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At what age do children start experiencing growing pains? My 2 1/2 yr old little girl has had 2 episodes in the past few weeks where she becomes very fussy, wimpers & ...
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- I have 4 children ages range from 26,23,21 and 15 and they all had the same situation at night and my doctor at the time said no such thing as growing pains?? well I b...
- My son is 3 1/2 & he too has complaines that his legs hurt. He started off & on at about age 2 so it's possible that this is what your little girl has been feeling. I ...
- my son had growing pains early too. he would sit and cry because of the pain. i did mention this to his dr and his dr checked his connective tissue to make sure it was...
Growing Pains
Asked by A.M. from Minneapolis
on March 4, 2010
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My daughter has been having pains in her legs that sound like what I used to have and what my parents always said were "growing pains." She has been having them for a...
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- You may want to consider testing for a gluten intolerance. More and more research is listing that as an early sign. Good luck!
- My daughter (10) and son(8) had and still sometimes has the same problems with 'growing pains." What I found what works best is a chewable calcium magnesium tablet (b...
- My two year old daughter also has weird pains in her feet/shin area and sometimes her lower back. She is in the 105th percentile for height at her age, so at her well...
Growing Pains
Asked by R.C. from Bakersfield
on November 9, 2010
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My daughter is 5 years old and she wakes up 4 nights a week around 3 am screaming that her legs hurt. She has been to the Dr. for this and she told us that kids go thr...
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- My daughter used to have growing pains really bad, we were up massaging every night. Someone told me to give her more bananas, so one night when she woke up i gave he...
- I was child with this exact same problem. My mother and grandmother both told me to sit with my butt to a wall and put my feet way up in the air when my legs felt bad...
- this is interesting: http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/50/59.cfm
Growing Pains?
Asked by E.B. from Seattle
on March 28, 2011
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My 5 year old has been complaining his legs and knees hurt and some times his joints. I have now just given him childrens advil a bit ago. I remember having severe k...
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- I'm tall too and definitely had growing pains as did my older daughter. However, I never had it in my joints or knees and I don't think my daughter's were in her join...
- I just looked this up the other day myself because my 4 1/2 year old was complaining of leg pain behind her knee and saying how uncomfortable she was at bedtime. I ha...
- a friend had this problem growing up and her mom thought she was faking :( so when her daughter started having the same problem at 4, she took her seriously. she end...
Growing Pains
Asked by C.C. from Toledo
on April 7, 2008
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I have a beautiful 5 year old girl that wakes up at least 2 xs a week (often more) with extreme pains in her shins.This has been going on for over a year. Some weeks ...
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- I know what you are going thru! My daughter is now 7 and would wake me up crying her legs hurt. I asked my pediatrician and it is growing pains, she is very tall and i...
- I can relate! My son is 5 years old and has suffered from growing pains for years and on a fairly regular basis as your daughter does. I am afraid to say I only just...
- I have a 3(soon to be 4) year old and she too has growing pains. I also massage her legs. But the thing that I find most helpful is a heatiing pad. I wasn't sure if it...
Growing Pains?
Asked by C.S. from San Francisco
on May 21, 2008
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My 4 year old daughter has been waking up several times at night screaming and crying. At first I thought she was having night terrors because it was almost like she w...
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- Hi, my 5 year old has been having the same thing going on. I would have been in the dark but my husband said he had the problem a lot as a kid. He will rub her legs un...
- Hi C.. As a test, you could try giving her Motrin before she goes to bed. Motrin alleviates swelling and pain. It also lasts 8 hours versus Tylenol's 4 hours. I wo...
- sounds like growing pains for sure. they can be really painful for kids.
Growing Pains
Asked by T.C. from Chicago
on December 10, 2010
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My son is 4 1/2 & has been complaining off & on that his legs hurt (shins, behind the knee, upper thigh). We've been charting his growth & he did grow 1/2" in 1 mont...
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- If in doubt then always ask his doctor. Being safe and knowing for sure is good.
- Its always best to check with his dr. better to be safe than sorry. But I took my son in for this same problem he is 4 and he never would cry but he complained a lot ...
- I, too, had always heard that growing pains were a myth...until my poor daughter started crying-out in pain in the middle of the night. On nights when she awakes in p...
