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Jakob woke up around midnight last night, and he was crying that his foot hurt. I checked his foot - no scratches, no bruises, no swelling. He fell back to sleep around 12:30, but at 1, he was awake and crying again. His foot again. This time he told me it was his heel area that hurt. I checked again, and I didn't see any reason why it should hurt him. I asked him if he had hurt his foot at school that day, and he said no. He eventually fell back to sleep crying. 
Around 2, he woke up again, and this time his leg was hurting him. I gave him some children's Tylenol pain tablets. He cried for a good hour, and I was almost ready to give in and take him to the ER when he fell back to sleep. At 4, he woke up crying again...only for about 15 minutes though. I woke him up at 6:45 for school, and he said it didn't hurt at all. When we walked to school, I watched the leg that was bothering him, and he didn't seem to have any problems with it. The school hasn't called me yet, so I'm guessing he's been okay today.
Jason said it was probably growing pains? He used to have them really bad as a child also. I never had them (I think it's a boy thing though?), and I don't remember my brother having them. Does it seem like it could be growing pains? Are they that bad, and can the pain travel from the heel to the leg (if that is what happened)? Jake will be 8 in June since I'm not sure if there's an age it generally starts.
All I know is that I hope we don't have any more nights like last night.
Around 2, he woke up again, and this time his leg was hurting him. I gave him some children's Tylenol pain tablets. He cried for a good hour, and I was almost ready to give in and take him to the ER when he fell back to sleep. At 4, he woke up crying again...only for about 15 minutes though. I woke him up at 6:45 for school, and he said it didn't hurt at all. When we walked to school, I watched the leg that was bothering him, and he didn't seem to have any problems with it. The school hasn't called me yet, so I'm guessing he's been okay today.
Jason said it was probably growing pains? He used to have them really bad as a child also. I never had them (I think it's a boy thing though?), and I don't remember my brother having them. Does it seem like it could be growing pains? Are they that bad, and can the pain travel from the heel to the leg (if that is what happened)? Jake will be 8 in June since I'm not sure if there's an age it generally starts.
All I know is that I hope we don't have any more nights like last night.