14 Month Old and Charlie Horses

Hi Moms,

My 14-month-old daughter gave us quite a scare last night, when all of a sudden she was having trouble walking. She's been walking since she was 10 months, so she's pretty good at it. In the time span of about an hour, we had several "episodes," including her falling onto her butt when placed down on her feet; taking a few steps, staggering, and falling; clinging to my leg for an unusually long period of time to "gain her balance" before attempting to walk away; using furniture to stabilize herself more often than in recent months; crawling; favoring her left foot and limping a little. Ten minutes later, she'd be normal again, running across the room. Then a little while later, she'd have another one of the above episodes.

I panicked, of course, and took her to Urgent Care last night. They did X-rays and saw nothing, and of course watched her behavior and saw that everything else seemed normal. We checked her feet for a piece of glass or something, and found nothing. The doctor came to the conclusion that she may have strained her leg or is having muscle cramps. That makes sense, since I noticed she would cry that painful cry for a minute, then go back to being OK. I had also taken the kids to Playworld on Friday, and she was able to run around and climb much more than she does here at home.

Just curious if anyone else has seen similar symptoms in their toddlers, and if you know of anything I can do for her to try to ease the cramping. I've been massaging her leg and feet and giving Tylenol, but she had another couple of episodes this morning. I'm really hoping it will go away soon :(

Thanks,
A.