I have an 20 month old granddaughter who walks very stiff legged -- especially in the mornings. Her dr. has put her on liquid naproxen which doesn t seem to help a lot -- it does somewhat but not a lot. Can children this age have rheumatoid arthritis?
Although juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is possible, it is not necessarily the case here. There can be a number of causes of stiff ruggedness in a child, and it needs to be examined by an orthopedic doctor or a pediatrician before further comments can be made. It could also be that the child is walking like this to deal with some other problem which is being overlooked. Naproxen was for pain and would not tame care of the cause.