On the way home from work, I met Lele's mother in the same building, and she hurried home carrying a large bag of calcium tablets.
Curious, I asked her, "Why buy so many calcium tablets for your child?" ”
"My child has been sweating all the time since he slept, even the pillows and bedding have been soaked, and I heard that it was caused by a lack of calcium, so I bought some calcium tablets to supplement the child." Lele Mama said.
Calcium deficiency in children causes sweating during sleep? I've heard that. But this is just one manifestation of calcium deficiency. Children who lack calcium, in addition to sweating a lot after falling asleep, are also accompanied by bursts of crying, and there is a phenomenon of shock after falling asleep, and more seriously there will be convulsions, hand and foot twitching.
Therefore, I think that simply from the child's sleep and sweating to infer that the child is deficient in calcium, is a lack of scientific basis, is a one-sided interpretation. Therefore, I follow the scientific parenting, I suggest that Lele Mother take the child to the hospital for a detailed examination, confirm that it is because of calcium deficiency caused by sleeping sweating, and then give the child calcium supplementation is not too late, otherwise the consequences of blind calcium supplementation may affect the absorption of other nutrients, resulting in an imbalance of trace elements in the human body.
Lele's mother accepted my suggestion and took the child to the hospital the next day for examination.
The examination results showed that Lele's development was good and there was no calcium deficiency. The reason why I love to sweat at night is because the child's sleeping environment is too hot.
The doctor kindly told Lele Mom that the phenomenon of sweating at night is very common in children. If there is no other abnormality in the child's daily performance except for the problem of sweating at night, pathological sweating caused by other diseases can be ruled out. The causes of normal physiological sweating in children are related to both innate factors and the way humans are handled, which are roughly boiled down to these four aspects:
First of all, because compared with adults, the number of sweat glands in children and adults is almost the same, but the overall skin area is reduced several times, so the phenomenon of sweating after children fall asleep is more serious, especially concentrated in the head position where sweat glands are active.
Secondly, the child's own metabolism is more vigorous, coupled with the time of sleeping at night is longer than that of adults, the sleeping posture of children after deep sleep basically remains motionless, and the phenomenon of head sweating is more serious.
Again, some children also drink some milk before going to bed, food will produce heat in the body, in the first few hours of sleep, the child's body heat is large, causing their body surface temperature to rise and sweat.
Finally, parents are always worried about their children getting cold, so they subconsciously cover their children with more quilts, and the sleeping environment is too hot, which is also one of the main reasons why children sweat.
Although the phenomenon of children sleeping and sweating at night is very normal, parents can also change from several aspects, and there is a certain improvement in the situation of children sleeping and sweating at night.
(1) Create a comfortable sleeping environment
Many parents are accustomed to closing the windows before going to bed, one is worried about the cold dew at night, the air convection, so that the child is cold; the other is to isolate the noise of the outside world and create a quiet sleeping environment for the child.
However, it should be noted that if the room where the child sleeps is too stuffy and the indoor temperature is high, it is easy for the child to sweat. Therefore, the sleep environment must find ways to cool down, data from the American Academy of Pediatrics, so that the baby feels comfortable sleep temperature is around 20-23 degrees.
In order for the child to sleep comfortably, it is necessary to open the room window, keep the air convected, and reduce the room temperature. If the position of the bed head and the window is opposite, and the wind flow speed of the window is too large, you can also choose to turn on the air conditioner to adjust the indoor temperature.
In addition, the bedding and pillows selected for children must be dry and breathable, and the cotton and linen material is more recommended, the moisture absorption is strong, and it is not easy to breed bacteria. The thickness of the futon must be moderate, it is recommended to choose a better quality sleeping bag, my children used this when they were young, convenient and practical and safe.
(2) The sense of ritual before bedtime is very important
According to my understanding, many children have the habit of drinking milk before going to bed, falling asleep immediately after eating, in addition to the food effect caused by heat dissipation, causing children to sweat easily in the hours after sleeping, strenuous exercise before going to bed is also a reason for sweating at night.
So it's really important to establish a sense of bedtime ritual. Parents can bathe their children with warm water about an hour before they go to sleep, lowering the surface temperature of the body, which helps to reduce sweating after falling asleep. At the same time, develop a good habit of falling asleep for children, do not eat before going to bed, do not drink milk, let the child slowly quiet down from strenuous exercise, parents accompany the child to tell some bedtime stories, or listen to a song with a gentle melody, so that all parts of the body are ready for falling asleep, and sleeping quietly can reduce the phenomenon of sweating after the child falls asleep.
Generally speaking, when the child is about eight years old, as the body system matures, the phenomenon of sweating after falling asleep is gradually and effectively improved. Before the age of eight, because of the child's physical development and metabolism, parents need to spend more energy to take care of it.
Here, remind you parents to be more rational, do not move on the credulity of the so-called nutritional agents can be improved, the nutritional elements needed for the growth of children, in the normal intake of three meals a day can be supplied, additional supplements may do more harm than good, but damage the child's body. Taking a step back, even if the child needs to be nursed due to physical reasons, it should be carried out under the guidance of a professional doctor, and it should not be tried on its own.
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