6yo complains almost daily that her tummy hurts. (Also, her chest.) Saw doc about it some months ago where she had a blood test to check for any issues (like Celiac’s) but nothing. Could be anxiety-related but not sure. Also, could be gas. Ideas? More details in comments.

I have IBS and as a child always struggled with painful gas, as I still do. These days, I have medication I can take when I have painful gas but I don’t know that there’s anything similar for her, and I wouldn’t want to give her a medication she didn’t need.She did some sessions with a therapist for anxiety some months back (I also have anxiety, but well-treated with medication and therapy) and we stopped after I realized that a lot of what she was doing with the therapist, I was already doing at home with her. Additionally, unrelated, she’s being evaluated for adenoid issues because she’s so exhausted in the afternoons even after 12 hours of sleep, and doing anything after school became a challenge, especially therapy since she was usually too tired to get anything out of it. Also, I try to get her to sleep by 6:30 and appointments were usually around 5pm, leaving little time for bath/dinner. So we might revisit going to her “feelings teacher” after her adenoidectomy this summer. However, I was also careful about doing therapy because I didn’t want to make her anxiety worse by suggesting that something was wrong, if that makes sense.Doc ruled out any disorders or allergies.I’ve thought about her diet...pretty balanced. I can’t think of anything she’s eating that would make her tummy hurt so much.I’ve thought maybe it has to do with hunger. She’s a picky eater and eats like a bird. Often gets distracted while eating and won’t finish meals or she picks at her food. But she also goes through phases and can put away a ton of food too. Doc said he liked that she knows she can eat when she’s hungry and stop when she’s full. But I do notice that sometimes eating helps her tummy, and other times she won’t eat (or eats slowly) because she says her tummy hurts.As in the subject, she will also say “my chest hurts” and pokes it right around her sternum area...when I’ve had painful gas, I can feel it in my chest sometimes too.I don’t really know what to do anymore. It’s almost daily that she complains of tummy aches. I’ve asked what the pain feels like and I think she can differentiate between a burning feeling (gas) and nausea (which she gets in the car.)I do think there’s some correlation between the tummy aches and emotions. She is very expressive at home but reserved in public and explains that crying makes her feel embarrassed if it’s in public. Today, she’s upset because her class is going on a field trip. She cried when she woke up and realized I wasn’t going on the field trip with her because she had gotten confused the other day when I told her I’d be going on a different field trip with her in May to the zoo. She thought it was today. She is really worried that the trip “won’t be fun” and then the tummy aches started.Anyway, clearly I’m not sure where to go from here. Wondering if other parents have dealt with this? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2H3PHtg