Last night while we were hanging out on the bed before sleep, Jae suddenly cried out in pain! He kept whining and crying out in pain. After asking him several times, he managed to point out that his right leg is in pain. I felt so helpless, didn’t know what to know. Even carrying him doesn’t help. In the end, i put him down on the bed and started massaging his leg, he fell asleep in 5 minutes! About 2 hours later, he woke up in pain again! i had to carry him top comfort him, put him down, massage his legs and he fell asleep again.
After googling, i found these:
* Growing pains
The occasional dull aches called growing pains are very common in children between the ages of 3 and 5 and then again between 8 and 12.
Growing pains are felt most commonly in the legs, especially the front of the thighs, behind the knees, and in the calves. They most often strike in the late afternoon and evening and during the first hours of sleep at night.
or… could it be this? Due to his iron deficiency:
*Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)
Restless leg syndrome is a common cause of painful legs. The leg pain of restless leg syndrome typically eases with motion of the legs and becomes more noticeable at rest. Restless leg syndrome also features worsening of symptoms during the early evening or later at night. Restless leg syndrome has been associated with pregnancy, obesity, smoking, iron deficiency and anemia, nerve disease, polyneuropathy (which can be associated with hypothyroidism, heavy metal toxicity, toxins, and many other conditions), other hormone disease, such as diabetes, and kidney failure (which can be associated with vitamin and mineral deficiency).
I think will have to continue monitoring, if it happens again, we will have to bring him to the PD. Why do everything happen at the same time? Poor boy..