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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This happened with my DS in kindergarten.  We finally figured out it was a nervous belly.  He never had specific complaints or worries about school, etc. but it just manifested in complaints of his tummy hurting.  Some extra TLC, unstructured playdates with school friends, and time made the complaints go away.  [/quote]

Yes.  My DD is 5 too.  She will off and on complain about her stomach, but then will eat lunch fine, play just fine etc.  She used to say it in the morning.  I normally ask her if she needs to poop, and then offer some water, and a "let's see if that helps" kind of thing.  I do suspect some of it is just general nerves about school, the week, SOMETHING and I don't think she can explain it.  I have stared just asking "is there something about school making you feel nervous?" and occasionally I get a dumping of how some game isn't going her way or the like.

+100 on the unstructured time.  My DD was just telling me how having someone else tell you what to do all the time was just SO HARD.  It really is.  They need time to just BE.[/quote]

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