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Dr Yatri Thacker, is a homeopathic physician, stress counsellor, and pregnancy to parenting expert who has been practicing in Mumbai for 17 years. She also conducts workshops on parenting, lactation and pregnancy-related information.

1 My tot frequently cries of pain in her leg, particularly at night. Her pediatrician says it is growing pains. What can I do to ease the pain, because it is heartbreaking to watch her bear it!

It’s sometimes heartbreaking for a mum to see her child crying with pain. Leg pain needs to be diagnosed well especially when a toddler suffers from it. There could be various reasons apart from growing pain too, like juvenile idiopathic arthritis, lupus, Lyme disease, and leukemia.