There is no doubt that a child's height depends in part on genetics. How much can the efforts of the day after tomorrow improve?
Two children in kindergarten, who are also more than 4 years old, are picky eaters, but the height difference has reached 18 centimeters. Obviously, the difference in height between their parents is also very large.
Is it true that parents of medium or lower middle height can only go with the flow of their children's height?
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"Mom, the tallest and shortest kids in our class are picky eaters"
The twins came back from kindergarten and asked expectantly, "What are you going to eat tonight?" ”
I replied, "There's red cabbage moss, there's ribs." ”
Two children who had washed their hands sat at the dinner table. The younger brother dislikes the small dishes that are not delicious, and the older brother dislikes the ribs and meat between the teeth.
I said, "Don't be picky to grow tall, you have to eat." ”
The younger brother's words punched his face: "Little A is also picky eater, he is the highest in our class." ”
I had to tell the child the truth: "His mom is also very tall, your mom is not tall, so we have to eat well." ”
The brother added: "Little B is also a picky eater, he is the shortest in our class. ”
I quickly corrected my brother: "You two are not very tall, you can't talk about your classmates like this." ”
The brother said, "That's what the teacher said!" ”
I told the brothers, "Teacher, you can't say that. You see Little B's mom is about the same height as mine, and Little B is a picky eater, so maybe a little shorter than you two now. ”
The younger brother was rejected by tall female classmates in the class, and he was reluctant to play games with him, and he wanted to grow taller quickly.
The brothers did not refuse the dishes and meat that I gave them, and they all obediently ate them!
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The height difference between the 4-year-old is 18 centimeters, and the height difference between their mothers is 20 centimeters
I know that the child said that the little A and the little B, when the semester first started, the kindergarten basketball class was registered, and the parents had solitaire in the group to have the height of the child, and I was frightened at that time.
Little A is 118 cm tall, Little B is 100 cm tall, and the birth month is the same (both children have played together, pay attention to the information reported by the parents), they were 4 and a half years old at the time.
Little A has reached the height standard of a 6-year-old child; Little B, who has reached the age of 4 and a half, is only 3 and a half years old in height.
The standard of height for boys under 7 years of age
Height standard for girls under 7 years of age
At that time, the first thing that really came to mind was that Little A's mother was more than 1 meter 75 tall, and Little B's mother was about 1 meter 55.
Now the child says that two classmates with such a big difference in height are picky eaters, is the child's height really only dependent on heredity?
In fact, there are not a few examples of breaking the heredity.
My cousins and cousins of the same generation as me are far higher than my parents.
My cousin's parents were both shorter than my parents, but my cousin was 12 centimeters taller than me, and she was even taller than her dad. The difference between the two of us is that my cousin eats a lot of food without picking, and I am extremely picky when I am sick.
My cousin's father was only 1.65 meters tall, but he grew to a tall height of 1.82 meters (which is indeed tall in the south). The reason may be that he eats a lot of food since he was a child, and he especially loves to play basketball and love sports.
And the parents are tall, the height of the child is far less than the parents, and there are also many people.
For example, the tallest little A mentioned above, he is actually the second oldest in the family, and there is a half-brother who is the same father and mother, who is 19 years old this year, but his height is 172, not as tall as his mother, and to some extent, his height will not change much.
So how do we grasp the height of the child?
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The height of the child: on the basis of genetics, it can be 10 cm longer to grasp the day after tomorrow
Height is affected by genetic factors, this is beyond doubt, some say that genetic genes account for 80%, there are also said to account for 70%, at least accounted for more than 50% of the head!
We can't change our genetics unless we start from the Peiyou gene and find a big and tall husband/wife.
Since it can't be changed, we can look at this part of the day after tomorrow, after all, the day after tomorrow can still make the child grow 10 centimeters longer.
Why is it that children of the same height, or of the same sex born to the same pair of parents, may have a height difference of more than 10 centimeters?
Let's take a look at a formula that pediatricians provide us with to predict our child's height.
Boys = 45.99 + 0.78 × the average height of the parents ± 5.29 cm
Girls = 37.85 + 0.75× the average height of the parents ± 5.29 cm
This addition and subtraction of 5.29 cm means that the height gap of the child may reach up to 10.58 cm under the influence of genetic genes.
First, eat well.
The daily nutrition that the child's body needs is a lot. The variety of food should be rich, and the amount of each one should also be enough, so it is really not picky.
The above two tables are the types and portions of food that children aged 7 months to 5 years old need every day compiled by the Chinese Nutrition Society.
Simply put, it is coarse and fine grain combination, meat and vegetarian combination, nut fruit, less oil and less salt, and light taste.
For example, although my twin brothers will have some dish preferences, they will still eat it after saying a few words, even if they don't like to eat it so much. I would tell my child, "You can grow tall without being picky eaters." ”
In fact, I think in my heart, even if the child is not high in the future because of genetic factors, eating well can at least ensure the energy needed for future learning, the brain thinks that protein supplements are needed, meat food needs vegetable fiber to help digest, grains can make people feel full, and vitamin C in fruits can increase immunity and reduce the probability of children getting sick.
Second, strengthen physical exercise.
Although there is no specific data to show that jumping rope, playing basketball and other sports can help children grow taller, or help children grow taller, but insist on exercising every day, physical fitness will definitely improve.
When my twins were in kindergarten, in addition to outdoor sports in kindergarten (kindergarten is also quite attentive to sports), and basically took out the door for a day on weekends (playground, or park climbing, cycling, scootering), they also reported a 90-minute basketball class every week.
This year's kindergarten middle class, one basketball class per week, I increased to two (at first it was not planned, two different places to sign up, later it seems that the effect is good, both have been renewed).
I was pleasantly surprised to find that except for the occasional slight runny nose and cough, but not serious, it would be better on its own. At present, this semester is almost over, except for the younger brother who has two days of red throat (later also self-healing, no cough and no runny nose, may be on fire) took leave, other times are full attendance.
You should know that in the two semesters of the kindergarten class, the maximum month, both children went to the hospital 4 times. Basically not half a month better, will cough and breathe seriously enough not to see a doctor and not to take medicine will not be good.
I think it is that as the children grow older, the adaptation to the collective environment of the kindergarten, coupled with physical exercise, has significantly enhanced the physical fitness of the children and strengthened the immunity.
I remember last winter, I once hung up to the number of a famous doctor and told the doctor: "The last time the child saw a doctor and took medicine, he was better, but after a basketball class, it was serious." ”
The famous doctor told me: "The child is still a little problematic, how can I blame playing basketball?" Medicine is also taken, exercise or insist on doing. ”
I stuck to the letter for a year and found that it did work.
Tian Liang's daughter Sen Di loves sports
Third, sleep well.
Children have a recommended total sleep length at each stage, which you can refer to.
The National Sleep Foundation recommends
Of course, going to bed early and getting up late, the most important night's sleep. Because the golden secretion period of growth hormone is at 11-1 o'clock in the evening and 5-7 o'clock in the morning.
According to the different habits of each child, it is not mandatory, and it is of course best to close your eyes and rest for a while.
Of course, one of my children's classmates was willing to sleep at 11 o'clock at night (my brother only slept at that time), and his mother got up at 6 o'clock in the morning, which did not seem to prevent him from being half a head taller than my child (his mother was also half a head taller than me).
But children will go to school in the future, and the rest time will definitely be less and less, and they will still sleep more when they can sleep before school!
Fourth, children with chronic diseases should pay attention to nourishing the body and strengthening their physique.
After my twins went to kindergarten at the age of 3, they found out that it was an allergic constitution. One is allergic rhinitis and the other is asthma, which does affect their absorption of nutrients.
They can eat, sleep and love to move, and the only reason why they can not catch up with their height is that in addition to genetic factors, it is mainly the impact of chronic diseases.
However, such children should exercise appropriately when the body allows; if possible, exercise more to enhance the body's own immunity. In this regard, please follow the doctor's advice.
epilogue
Children will naturally have comparisons on the issue of height, and children who are not tall are more likely to have bad feelings of inferiority.
As parents, we can't let ourselves go and feel that our children's height can't be changed. Or have to urge children to eat well, exercise well, sleep well, no matter whether they can grow taller, good luck is always good for the body, physical fitness has improved, brain power can keep up!
Even if it is not tall, we can fight for a handful of intelligence!
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