Keeping a Headache Diary

Encourage your child to keep track of headaches. Doing so can help identify what may be causing the headaches and what helps them go away. In a headache diary, your child should note:

• when a headache occurs
• how long it lasts
• what your child was doing when the headache started
• what your child ate beforehand
• how much your child slept beforehand
• what your child did to treat the headache
• how effective the treatment was.