My daughter is 16 months and her legs easily bruise, but she climbs alot at the park and is very active. I am also the same way and there is no recollection of even me bumping myself. What are we lacking that causes this?

my best advice to the both of you would be to just go to your docs and have some simple blood tests done to see if there is anything not within the normal range.that would be a great starting point for the both of you.this would either rule in or out any possible system mafunctions or other deficiencys within theblood itself.they would give alot of info in and of themselves.if you are both actually feeling okay it could that you are just noticing these more than before.both my sons always and i mean always had big ugly bruises down their lags from little on.i did mention it to their ped one day as i was thinking she probably thought i was beating on my children or something.her reply was that i WOULD think there was a problem if i DIDN"T see all these bruises in a normal child.they are just constanly on the move and bashing into things.BUT, as a mom,you know your child much better than anyone else on the planet and anytime you should 'feel' something just isn't "right" with any of your children,follow the instinct and at least have the issue evaluated.it never hurts to just do this step and possibly find something wrong or at least ease your mind about it,ya know?

if thereactually is an issue it would be mostr likely the clotting factors that are naturally in our blood.either not enough or the clotting time itself is not right.and sometimes when there is not enough vitamin K it can actually affect the clotting factors too.just start off with a check up and some bloodwork.you may find out that this is all very normal but since you noticed the bruising in your child,you are actively looking for them now and therefore just making them more noticeable too.ya never know til you check it out.since you are much older than your child tho,if you really are seeing some unusual bruising in yourself,there could be a much more likleyhood that you yourself could have some level of deficiency going on.just make sure you BOTH get yourselves checked,not just her.good luck and please let me know what you find out.marcia

Thank you for your response. I thought it was semi-normal since she is climbing and exploring nonstop, it will happen to her, but then I looked down at mine I have have so many small and a couple of large bruises myself. I probably have more of an issue than her.

just getting a full blood work up would tell you alot in and of itself.this is what i would do in your situation.good luck and please let me know what you find out,K?marcia

Not sure what the cause may be for you and your daughter, but I am also a person who bruises easily, and in my case, it has nothing to do with my blood, but with my blood vessels. A blood specialist once told me they were too thin, therefore they would tear more easily and heal more slowly than in other people. (I suspect that this may be connected to my weak connective tissue.)

If regular bloodwork does not show anything, you might want to ask for a referral to a blood specialist if you're still concerned.

All the best to you both!! :)

crowgirl,just wondering here.did your doc have any real reason why your vessels are thinner than the norm?i am only asking as there are certain types of conditions and or diseases that have this as part of its symptomology.i have polycystic kidney disease and was just born with naturally weaker vessel walls.i guess it just comes with the territory.for some strange reason,people with PKD are just born this way.you can also run a much higher risk of aneurysm and other vascular malformations as well,just from the weaker vessel walls.did your doc let you know about this too?just how are your kidneys,okay?i am just wondering if your doc gave you a reason for the vessel thing.Marcia

I don't feel or believe I should be concerned, I was just wondering if there was something I could eat that maybe I was lacking as well as my daughter....?

when my sons liver was failing and he was not creating enough of his own clotting factors anymore he was supplimented with vitamin K(also called mephyton?)i do beleive any of the green leafy veggies are very high in vitamin K too,including lettuce?don't quote me on the lettuce but i do think it is also a higher K veg.did you ever go in and have your bloodwork done to check this all out?if not,you really do need to just so you know ya know?marcia

Feelbad, in my case, it's probably weakness of the connective tissue. My kidneys are fine. It's something I was born with, I think. :)

Just wanted to throw in a comment about what it could possibly be. Like everyone is saying, best to get your bloodwork checked, and be sure that they are checking the platelets. One of my daughters and myself have been through that and were diagnosed with ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura). She had the acute version and I have the chronic version. Even a website JUST about ITP

http://www.pdsa.org/itp-information/more-about-itp.html