As growing pains are a thing in adolescents, with bone, joint and muscle aches, why isn’t that pain also constantly present for infants and toddlers who are growing at a much faster rate with their bodies subject to greater developmental stresses?

Question

As growing pains are a thing in adolescents, with bone, joint and muscle aches, why isn’t that pain also constantly present for infants and toddlers who are growing at a much faster rate with their bodies subject to greater developmental stresses?

In: Biology

Answer 1

who says they don’t? Truth is they do experience growing pains, but seeing as they are infants, they usually express this through crying, being fussy, sleeping poorly, etc. and most adults overlook this because well.. infants do that a lot anyways.