Had anyones toddler had a vitamins deficiency? For the last 2/3 months my toddler hysterically screams and holds his shins, usually when getting down from a chair, docs said if it was night time its growing pain but it's in the day so he said low vitamin d can cause shin pain and soft bone. March-August he had a mostly vegetarian diet at home, and in march I was giving vitamin supplements to help in case she caught anything at nursery. Since september he is back at nursery eating meat at least 3 times a week and having vitamins for 3 days a week (as they give him loose stools)