4-year-old complaining that his belly hurts? should i send him to daycare?

**Jessie** · 06-13-2009, 02:22 PM

my 4 year-old son, Kevin, is saying his stomach really hurts. he doesn't have a fever. and he says nothing else hurts, just his stomach.
in an hour i have to drop him off at daycare.
should i drop him off even with a bad belly ache, or stay home with him?

**Jeri-Lyn** · 06-13-2009, 02:22 PM

First of all I would try to determine WHERE it hurts. Depending upon where it hurts it could be just about anything If it is above the belly button then usually there is nothing to worry about, could be something he ate that didn't agree with him or he caught a "bug" Below the belly button could mean kidney/bladder problems or a problem with his appendix. If it were me and I had doubts I'd take him to the doctor