My almost 3 year old has been complaining of headaches quite a bit lately.  I thought it might have been because she had a bit of a cold, but the cold seems to have passed and she still says her headaches.  To me, it seems unusual that a child so young could already be getting headaches.  Has anyone else's child had problems with headaches?

I found with our daughter that almost all of her headaches are caused by either dehydration or being hungry (low blood sugar).

With the summer now hear, kids generally don't want to come inside and will play longer and harder making them dehydrate. Forcing your kids to take drink breaks will help.

As for your daughter, try making sure she is hydrated and sleeping enough hours. My daughter argues about going to bed if its "still light out".

canadiandad:

I found with our daughter that almost all of her headaches are caused by either dehydration or being hungry (low blood sugar).

With the summer now hear, kids generally don't want to come inside and will play longer and harder making them dehydrate. Forcing your kids to take drink breaks will help.

As for your daughter, try making sure she is hydrated and sleeping enough hours. My daughter argues about going to bed if its "still light out".

I've found ice-lollies to be a blessing in the summer. I've made my own using fruit juice  in a mould.

I've get head-aches due to sinus inflammation  releated to pollen allergies.

Yes! My daughter got a small headache for playing to long on the computer!

HEARTT:

Yes! My daughter got a small headache for playing to long on the computer!

Generally those types of headaches are caused by eye strain or bad posture causing back and neck muscles to spasm.

Bridash:

My almost 3 year old has been complaining of headaches quite a bit lately.  I thought it might have been because she had a bit of a cold, but the cold seems to have passed and she still says her headaches.  To me, it seems unusual that a child so young could already be getting headaches.  Has anyone else's child had problems with headaches?

Dd(8) has been complaining she has been having headaches quite a bit lately too.

I have been keeping an eye on her headaches lately.  Some are when she is dehydrated, others seem to be an allergy/weather related, and some I just don't know.  So we're off for a check up next week.

Hope everythings fine at the check up!

Dd's has headaches when it's really hot outside.

My dd wears glasses.  Could this be a problem with her eyes.  She also has been diagnosed with migraines.  She gets cluster aches in the back of the eyes which really never develop into a full blown headaches at times.

I got her hair cut quite short and for now her headaches seem to have stopped for a bit.  Her hair is so fine I never would have thought that it would cause headaches.  But after talking to a few people, they have told me that their hair caused headaches.  I'm still going to get her eyes checked later in the fall as well.

Thanks for the update. Hope the eye test goes well.