Remember Charley Horses? Any moms with older children go thru this yet?
It woke him up twice last night and he was whimpering and then full out crying. Each time it would last about 20-30 mintues, but then it was hard to get him to go back to sleep. It was terrible watching him b/c i remember how badly those things hurt. What can I do to help him? I gave him some Tylenol and juice and tried to rub them.
Needless to say, neither of us got much sleep last night.
Re: Carter has night-time leg cramps
I figured they were b/c he was dehydrated and unfortunatley we didn't have a bananas in the house.
Flexing the foot was difficult therapy. It's hard to convince a screaming 2YO that while what you are doing hurts, it will make it feel better. It was hard to tell it it was just in his calf, or throughout the entire leg. I rememebr getting them as a child where it would just roll up and down your legs. We always called it growing pains. So I dont' know if this is the same sort of thing.
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