Does your kid do this?

[Brie]

Say random things hurt all the time?

At least once a day C says his tummy hurts (or occasionally some other body part) despite acting fine otherwise. He basically immediately continues doing whatever he was doing before.

Normal?

[water*drop]

I don't know if it's normal, but mine does this, too. It makes me crazy because I never know whether something is actually wrong or not. "My tummy hurts" might mean she's going to puke or that she's hungry. Ugh.

[dcn]

Yes. He says his knees or feet hurt all the time. Sometimes he asks for a bandaid. Then he jumps off the couch and runs away so I figure he's fine.

[Deleted]

DD likes to say she isn't feeling good with hope that I give her medicine.

I think she is having growing pains though.

And ditto @this, DD is obsessed with her princess band aids. We went through a whole box when she had a small cut on her hand.

[dcn]

I got a babycenter email a few weeks ago that said this age is prime
Time for the "owies". So I guess normal.

[jeaniebueller]

Yes. DS will say his belly/foot/mouth/whatever body part he is currently thinking of hurts and two seconds later he has forgotten about it.

[chickens987]

Yes! DD is always saying her tummy hurts. I think it's for attention, but that combined with the fact that she rarely has solid poops and H's digestive issues makes me worried.

[GotWine]

Yes. A bandaid usually cures it. She is also hyper aware of everyone else's bruises or illness and wants to fix them.

[Deleted]

Yes. And she's weird and ridiculous so it's usually her forehead, elbow, ankle or some other body part she just learned about.

[Brie]

Oct 1, 2015 7:37:59 GMT -5 dcn said:

I got a babycenter email a few weeks ago that said this age is prime
Time for the "owies". So I guess normal.

I am impressed that you still read those, I gave up when they told me I should be teaching my 18 month old French.

[CloudBee]

He's still talking about a scraped knee that happened about 3 weeks ago.

[Deleted]

Yes but I know she does it for attention and sympathy. If I speak sternly to her about something, she gets upset and then right away her foot or whatever hurts and needs kisses, lol. 

[antoniamarchette]

Ds is always saying something hurts and he wants a band aid. When I ask what happened he always says he scratched it on the door.

[dcn]

Oct 1, 2015 7:59:35 GMT -5 Brie said:

Oct 1, 2015 7:37:59 GMT -5 dcn said:

I got a babycenter email a few weeks ago that said this age is prime
Time for the "owies". So I guess normal.

I am impressed that you still read those, I gave up when they told me I should be teaching my 18 month old French.

Ha, I only read the headlines usually. Sometimes it is creepy how spot on it is for whatever Ds is doing.

[curbsideprophet]

I hate when DD says her tummy hurts. I am always afraid that means she is going to puke. She is usually not sick and it is some other issue (hungry, needs to poop, etc) but it still makes me nervous.

[mrssandro]

When DD says her tummy really hurts I immediately think she is going to puke. It's like the only time her tummy really hurts. Sometimes I think she just eats too much but 99% of the time she has puked when this happens.

[pescalita]

We're pretty sure A lies in bed and contemplates which body part will get him the most attention. Usually it's take a sip of water and some deep breaths and go back to bed. When he said his penis hurt, H did check that one out.

[t]

We have lots of belly aches and "my back hurts" which both mean she needs to poop.

[tootsie]

OMG yes. Every time she doesn't want to do something I hear "but my tummy just hurts!" or "I don't feel gooooooood."

Uh huh, sure it does. I don't know when to believe her because she's constantly crying wolf.

[whitemerlot]

Yes. My dd turned 3 at the end of May and it's frequent. My pediatrician said it was normal and to just try to change the topic and give minimal reaction.

If she actually seemed remotely sick or hurt, I wouldn't ignore, but that's rarely the case.

[niq]

Yes. Well he just says "I hurt my body" which I think is a phrase from daycare, and when we ask where he'll point to random things. Sometimes it goes away, sometimes we have to give it kisses.

ETA and injury stories get recounted. So he'll say "I hurt my body" and then talk about the time I spilled coffee on his neck. Just not in front of the court officials, kid.

[rxbeth]

All the time. She wants ice or medicine

[Deleted]

Yup. DS is 3.5 and does this constantly. It varies between tummy, tongue, feet, and random finger. If he has the TINIEST scratch on a finger he insists on a bandaid. It's not a battle I want to pick so he gets one. Whatever.

[Deleted]

Also his tummyaches are 50/50 he's hungry or needs to poop.

[jessnpaul]

Oct 1, 2015 11:33:09 GMT -5 @supergreen said:

Yup. DS is 3.5 and does this constantly. It varies between tummy, tongue, feet, and random finger. If he has the TINIEST scratch on a finger he insists on a bandaid. It's not a battle I want to pick so he gets one. Whatever.

Ditto this exactly! 

[chedifuen]

Yes, both have done this since they learned to talk. Sadly, my nine year old still does it. I suspect it's actually the origins of man colds.

[hermione]

Any time I touch C she says, "Ouch" so I vote normal.

[mlvmd]

All the time.

Also, anytime DH or I get hurt suddenly we are all participants in the pain Olympics where DS1 must take gold.

[skib]

Completely normal. My DD did this all the time when she was C's age. I think it was her way of trying to tell me she needed attention, and she was still too little to just ask for it outright. She's grown out of it.

[dojo]

Hank complains about his knee hurting in the middle of the night. He's frantic so I always assume it's growing pains. He will occasionally tell me his throat hurts if he doesn't want to eat something in particular. This I disregard.