Charley Horse

Bruce and I are laying in bed last night and Bruce was watching TV. I hear a funny noise, but just attributed it to the TV. Bruce must have heard that same noise a few seconds later as he mutes the TV and asked me if I heard that. We both listen intently and we hear it again. It kind of sounds like one of the boys laughing, but trying not to let us hear. Bruce gets out of bed to see what is going on and is calling out to make sure that one of the boys have not gotten out of the bed and is hiding in the other room. Bruce comes walking back to our room carrying Darren and Darren is crying. Bruce lays him on his side of the bed and we ask what is wrong. Darren says his foot hurts. Bruce starts to massage it while I ask him if he was sleeping. Darren confirms that he was sleeping and so we guessed that he suffered from his first Charley Horse. Poor guy. After a minute or two he says it is better and wants to go back to bed.

While I was pregnant, I got Charley Horses all the time, but usually in the calf and not the foot. Sometimes so bad that the next morning it felt like I had a pulled calf muscle. I have never heard a clear answer on what causes Charley Horses, so I am not sure what to do to prevent him from having another one.