my soon to be 5 year old has been having these pains in his legs for almost 2 1/2 years now we have talked to an ortho. and they adv that it was growing pains. sym- pain from his knees to his ankles and its in both legs and most of the time its in both legs when it occurs. there mostly at night and in the begining they would wake him up and would be crying for an hour. he since then will wimper alittle and we have noticed if we rub his calf he will go back to sleep and most of the time he will be fine in the morning. i was very worried about rheumatic fever or problems with the bone before we went to see the ortho. even after it was hard to believe that it was growing pains because i didnt think it was something real. after reviewing this q and a i fully believe he has growing pains thank you for making me a believer :)