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I actually remember my legs hurting, but I was older, maybe 6 or 7. They would throb at night and I'd ask my mom to massage them for me.

yes! I would say btwn 4 and 6 it happened a few times

eta: DS usually expressed pain at bedtime (in bed) so I would rub his legs and just tell him that he was growing!

My LO gets vvvvvery melodramatic with her leg pains, which I’m 99.9% sure are caused by preferring to be carried everywhere versus actual growing pains. Just this weekend after being forced to take about 10 steps in Target, she broke down in the middle of the aisle and loudly announced to all within hearing range that: "I don't think I can walk any further. My legs, my poor, poor legs. I think they are broken. How about you carry me."

I do remember having growing pains when I was young (not 3 – older elementary?) but I also know that LO much prefers to be held and carried everywhere.

I used to have awful growing pains as a kid! I would wake up in the middle of the night and have to crawl to my parents room to ask them for Tylenol. It was so painful! I was a bit older though, elementary school age. I still get leg pains often but I think I've stopped growing.

DD1 has complained about this before. I also remember having growing pains myself so I try to be sympathetic!

I never had any growing pains, but DH says that he would get crazy pains in his knees that he had to ice them every night. DS isn't old enough yet, but I suspect he will get growing pains too.

DS complains about this when we walk a lot, but no clue if he's really in pain or just wants to be carried. One minute he's complaining, the next minute he's jumping and zipping around on his scooter! He's always tripping and bruising his knees, so it could be for real... no idea!

My grandma once took my uncle to the ER when he was a kid because he was complaining his back hurts so bad he can't walk. Turns out he just wanted her to carry him around. She couldn't tell, and she's a doctor!

DS does when he's on his feet all day playing so I think it's real! He doesn't complain otherwise.

My two youngest cousins used to complain about leg pains all the time as kids, even if we don't feel like we walked all that much! Bengay/Icy Hot were readily in stock in their household. They both outgrew it, thankfully!

I distinctly remember one day when I woke up in terrible pain. Every muscle and limb hurt. I grew about an inch overnight, so I think that's why I was in so much pain, but it stuck with me. I was 10 when that happened.