Some of you Mom’s and Dad’s too….

[Carlene Prince]

Every school morning my 10 year old wakes up with a “stomach ach”. I have taken her to the Doctor, nothing is wrong, I have talked to her teachers nothing is going on in class that the teacher is aware of, she tells me she is not being ‘bullied” at school…there are no problems at home…

I have asked her if she needs to talk about anything, she said no.
She has always like school, and has always done well in school, and this year is no different as far as her grades are concern.(As & Bs)

Any thoughts???
Anything I may be missing.
Any Advice????

[Dr. Ron]

My grandson had a similar issue. It came down to constipation. The children are so worried about soiling their night clothes, and disturbing their parents at night, they hold their bms too long.

A change in regularity that took about a week to accomplish was all that was needed.

Hope she is better soon.

[INLOVE]

I used to have this problem with "belly aches" as a kid. When I was in school, it was nerves. I'll be praying for her.

[RamboPreacher]

for me, it was that school was boring. - had lots of "sick to my stomach"'s.

[Pianoman]

Don't rule anything out - physical or psychological. Have
we pretty much determined it's only on school mornings?
Don't notice it on weekends or holidays?

Any change in home life (divorce, fighting, new babysitter,
loss of grandparent, different after-school routine, new
school building, etc.?)

New bus driver or bus route - or possibly problems on
the bus (if so - might try driving to school a couple days?).

Talked to whomever has playground duty to see if they
could watch for problems at recess?

Any problems sleeping at night or getting up in the
mornings (including bed wetting)? (I'm not a parent -
but I despise parents who let their children stay up all
night playing video games & then wander why they're
all grumpy & sleepy the next day. I've got a kid in my
Sunday School class who has this problem. His mom says
he "can't sleep" so she lets him play video games all night.
I say turn off the TV & games at 9 or 10 and give him
a book. He'll either go to sleep or get a jump on the
education he's missing when he's sleeping in school.
He has a very bad literacy problem as well.)

Newborn/toddler in the household getting more attention?

Parent with a new job / different hours?

Do they ever have friends over or go to friend's homes?
(Do they have friends to play with or confide in?)

Perhaps you can find something that has changed. My
sister went through a sleepwalking stage for awhile &
we noticed she did it more when she was worried or
stressed about stuff.

At 10 - you might even talk her into keeping a journal
and jot down her daily routine for a couple days just
to see if she drops any hints as to something troubling
her? If not - you might have her tell you her daily
routine & chart it to see if you can get any hints.

Do you end your nights with bedtime prayers and/or start the
day with prayer? Might be good to incoporate prayers
encouraging us to feel good that day (or the next day).

[dolfan]

My daughter makes this complaint, too. We've done all the due diligence, and concluded that she would simply rather be with us than in school. No real problems at school, but she suffers a little separation anxiety in the mornings. The tummy ache happens mostly on the way to school. There has been some bullying, but we believe that's been addressed well enough. I ask regularly. She gives me what seems to be, and what she represents to be, a full account of her interaction each day with the bully. I don't ask everyday, though. If something happens she'll usually just spill it.

[n2jesus]

Other than the above stated possibilities...It could be she is going to start her period soon...Sorry Mom/Dad but it happens earlier and earlier these days...

[Carlene Prince]

Thanks everyone...yall thought of things I had not thought of.

[RaceRunner]

Any of the above....Or....

What does she eat for breakfast on school mornings? She may have a different routine on the weekends (sleep later, different foods, etc.)

My stomach aches in the morning until I drink some chocolate milk.
However, we realized that my daughter has a mild lactose intolerance and milk is what made her stomach hurt. Sweet breakfast foods also bother her.

[Ilovebigcats]

I used to have this problem with "belly aches" as a kid. When I was in school, it was nerves. I'll be praying for her.

I had the exact same problem. I was sick EVERYDAY. Luckily, I had kidney problems and allowed to go to the bathroom whenever I needed to. I went to the bathroom everyday at the same time. The combo of getting up early and being nervous does the same thing to me today. It takes about an hour to get the full effect of my nerves. If I hadn't of had the luxury to leave class whenever I needed to it would have been MUCH worse on my nerves and stomach.