6 year old boy with ankle pain at night

[nevergoogle]

every few weeks/months, for the past few years DS2 has woken at night crying. he says his ankles hurt. we give him a cuddle and rub his ankles then he goes back to sleep.

by the morning he's fine again.

growing pains?

any experiences? TIA

[nevergoogle]

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[mo3d]

My eldest woke a lot when she was growing (now 17) with terrible pain in her knees. It was always gone in the morning and we put it down to growing pains. We bought a pillow you put in the microwave to warm up, and put that on it, it helped. She eventually grew out of it. Hope that helps

[mousymouse]

my ds has pains in his legs or feet when growing a lot.
he has a cuddly toy with a wheat pillow inside that we heat up for him. if that does not work he gets placebo medicine (strawberry syrup in a syringe) and the real stuff if it still doesn't work.
most of the times the heat is enough, though.

[nevergoogle]

that's reassuring, thanks.
i've got heatpacks but they're never handy in the middle of the night. maybe i'll start keeping one under his bed for that.

[seenitallbefore]

benign nocturnal leg pains. Nothing to worry about.So long as he is fine during the day

[nevergoogle]

good. thank you.