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In the past few days, taking advantage of the good weather, Tuanzi's mother will take the child out to play. Watching the baby run in the sun, blowing a gentle breeze, I really feel that spring is coming.
In the spring, the topic of "growing up" inevitably comes alive in the hearts of parents, who always have a particularly big anxiety about their children's height problems, and even have the idea of taking a baby to play "growth hormone".
4 years old, is the golden section to determine the height of children
In life, there are often parents who consult: what should I do if the baby is short? Whether to fight growth hormone or something like that.
In fact, if you want to know whether the child is short, you must know whether the child's height is within the normal range. Height and weight, like weight, have a range in the crowd, just like different people have tall, short, fat, thin, too short or too tall are problematic.
Whether it is a boy or a girl, there is a golden dividing line for judging the height of children, that is, 4 years old. Around the age of 4, the human body growth hormone, thyroxine has been basically formed, diet, sleep habits are gradually formed, from the figure can see the trend of height, these conditions for future growth and development are playing a decisive role.
According to the "Reference Standards for the Growth and Development of Children Under 7 Years of Age in China" formulated by the Ministry of Health, the minimum height standard for 4-year-old girls is 91.7cm, and the minimum height standard for 4-year-old boys is 92.5cm.
Why do parents still think that their children are shorter than their peers when they are tall enough?
In life, we can often see that some children are obviously normal in height, but the parents of children always feel that their children are short, and then they are worried and try to make their children grow taller. This situation often occurs because parents are too eager and there is "height anxiety".
Reason 1: The reference standards are not uniform
For the standard value of height, the World Health Organization and The domestic have given the "weight-height growth and development curve", in addition, the child care departments of various provinces and cities also have their own standards, which leads to parents searching for the height standard information on the Internet is too confusing, and it is inevitable that there will be different reference standards.
Reason two: the average height of the population has increased
At the same time, with the improvement of people's living standards, the nutritional status of children is getting better and better, and the average height of people of all ages has also increased, and many reference data have not been updated in time, and naturally there will be children whose height meets the reference standards, but compared with children of the same age around them, they are obviously shorter.
Parents do not need to be too anxious when encountering such a situation, they can refer to more information, or consult professionals such as doctors to make all-round judgments.
How to measure the height of your child, how to measure it most accurately?
Height measurements are divided into before and after three years of age, length before three years of age, height after three years of age.
Since it is long before the age of three, it is natural to lie down, and it is generally recommended to go to the hospital or early education institutions and other places, so that the baby lies on the measuring bed and is operated by professionals.
After the age of three, you can stand at home to measure, choose a vertical ground, take off your shoes and socks, let the baby stand vertically with his back to the wall, straighten his chest, look up, and do not bend his legs, and directly measure the height mark.
People's height changes slightly throughout the day, such as the highest when they first wake up in the morning, the shortest in the evening, and measured around 10 a.m., which is the closest to the average height of the day. It is generally recommended to measure the height of the child in the morning, which is the most reflective of the child's real height.
These tips can help children grow 6-10cm tall!
1) Adequate sleep promotes growth hormone secretion
For growing tall, nothing is more important than a good sleep, especially for the most important growth hormone, in its two most vigorous stages of secretion to ensure adequate sleep, growth hormone can not run.
2) Stick to 20 minutes of exercise every day
Research reality: the body's growth hormone secretion after exercise will increase significantly, and children who often participate in sports are about 4cm higher than children who do not participate in sports.
After choosing a sport, it is also necessary to ensure a certain amount of exercise and exercise intensity, and at least 20-40 minutes of moderate intensity exercise every day.
3) Reasonable meals
In the child's daily diet, we should pay attention to the balance of the nutritional ratio, the combination of thickness and fineness, the combination of meat and vegetarian, especially let the child consume more vitamin-rich vegetables.
4) Children over 6 years old should preferably have an annual physical examination
For children over 6 years old, it is best to have a physical examination every year, the most critical is the detection of bone age, if the child is found to have an abnormality of the second trait, it is necessary to intervene as soon as possible.
Tuanzi Mama wants to say:
4 years old is a particularly important height watershed, it is recommended that parents closely observe the growth and development of children from the birth of the child to the age of 4, timely detection of abnormal growth, convenient to make the best judgment.