Normal 20-month-old baby's height (cm) low value: 77, mean: 83, high value: 89.9, weight (kg) low value: 8.8, mean: 11.2, high value: 13.7
Provide a recipe for reference: Breakfast: vegetable porridge, milk (soy milk) or eggs Lunch: rotten rice, minced meat, vegetables (or rape), onions, pork liver Dessert: vegetable and meat buns (or fish balls) , vegetable soup, dinner: vegetable rice, meatballs, vegetables (or rape), onions, pork liver. 3. Mild zinc deficiency can be supplemented by food. Foods containing zinc include: lean pork, mutton, animal liver, crab meat, dried shrimps, chicken, chicken, duck egg yolk, hairtail, yellow croaker, mackerel, seaweed, soybeans, carrots, corn, Millet, wheat, celery, millet, apple, banana, etc. (provided by China Children's Network)
Baby Development - Height Chapter
Date June 12, 2005 13:00:00 | News topic: Parenting
We must seize the two golden growth periods of the child: during infancy, the average length of a normal newborn is 50cm, with an average monthly growth of 2.5cm in the first half of the year, and an average monthly growth of 2.5cm in the second half of the year. 1.5cm. It reaches 75cm at the age of one year. 2 years old can reach 85cm; the height of children aged 2-12 can be calculated according to this formula: height = age × 5 75cm. If the child's actual height is not less than 30 of this value, it is considered normal.
Make the baby 10 centimeters longer
A boy’s adult height = [Father’s height (Mother’s height 13)]÷2 ±7.5cm
A girl’s adult height = [ (Father's height -13) Mother's height〕÷2 ±6cm
It can be seen from the formula that the child's height still has a wide range of expansion and contraction based on genetics. Therefore, parents can mobilize various factors to tap their children's height potential.
Looking for the reason for being short
Every organ of the human body plays a role in the growth of the body. If the child does not grow taller, the doctor will determine the body's condition based on the child's abnormal state and reaction. Which organ is the problem?
Find out the content related to your child from the following items, and the reason why the child is not tall can be revealed. For example: Some children will show physical weakness, so they cannot grow taller.
·Weak liver and metabolic functions, poor blood circulation and metabolism, people are prone to fatigue and cramps. Promoting blood circulation through bathing, massage, and doing exercises such as calisthenics is the key to promoting growth.
■ Frequent dizziness
■ Like nosebleeds
■ Sweat easily
■ Poor vision
■ My eyes feel like I have epidemic conjunctivitis
■ I tend to cramp easily when I exercise more than usual
■ The nails on my hands and feet are soft and don’t like to grow
■ Puffiness
·Weak heart and sensitive nerves
If the heart is weak, the child will be emotionally unstable. Especially if you wake up frequently in the middle of the night, you will lose the time for growth hormone secretion. The most important thing is to keep the child emotionally stable, not to let the child be suddenly frightened, to avoid seeing scary scenes, and to let the child fully enjoy the care of his parents.
■ Pale complexion
■ The joints of the hands and feet are thick and appear short
■ Uneven pulse
■ Easily frightened and timid
■ Easily catch cold
■ Like to talk in sleep and have many dreams
■ Like to lose temper
■ Easily wake up at night and cry
■ If you don’t eat well, you won’t gain weight
·Weak digestive system
Poor nutrition, poor digestion and absorption functions. Even if the child does not eat well, he should not be given too many snacks or fast food, and he should also be careful not to give him desserts that affect the digestive system. Getting balanced nutrition is key.
■ Partial eclipse, like snacks
■ Face sallow, dry
■ Strong taste
■ Body weak
■ Easily tired and weak in limbs
■ Easily suffer from digestive system diseases such as enteritis
■ Frequent stomachache, stagnation, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, or Repeatedly and alternately
·Weak kidney function and bones
The body is fine, but the kidney function is relatively weak. Kidneys are the key to body growth. Strong bones will lead to strong secretion of growth hormone. So do exercises that strengthen your bones and muscles regularly. Use dietary therapy to improve kidney function. Keeping your body warm is also important.
■ Small amount of urine and heavy color
■ Cold hands and feet
■ Easily swollen around the eyes in the morning
■ Easily injured bones
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■ Poor growth of teeth and hair
■ You will feel very comfortable when massaging your knees and arms
Diet to increase height
Children’s diet It's something that takes a lot of thought. The following is about foods that can help the body grow taller and related eating habits. Among them, the most important thing is to eat a balanced diet.
·Five nutritious foods that mothers must know
◎Milk ◎Fish ◎Spinach ◎Carrots ◎Oranges
·Reasonable eating habits are the secret to growing taller
1. Chew carefully and eat slowly
Eating food quickly will increase the burden on the stomach, lead to digestion and absorption disorders, and even cause gastrointestinal diseases.
2. Appropriate calcium supplement
In order to promote the absorption of calcium, avoid drinking calcium products and carbonated drinks at the same time. Because the phosphorus content in carbonated drinks is too high, it will damage the absorption of calcium. The most appropriate ratio is: 2:1 (calcium: phosphorus)
3. Eat as little food as possible with high salt content
A variety of pickled foods, sausages, and bacon Foods with high salt content and smoked foods are highly irritating to the gastrointestinal mucosa, and the vitamin content in these foods is very low, which is also detrimental to the growth of children.
4. Say NO to partial eclipses and snacks!
The sucrose in snacks will be quickly absorbed into the blood in the large intestine, raising blood sugar levels, resulting in the production of a large amount of organic acids and decomposition Calcium in bones and teeth, thus hindering bone formation.
5. Rest for about an hour after a meal
It is important for the normal operation of the digestive system to rest the brain and the whole body after a meal.
6. Drink less water during meals
Drinking a lot of water during meals will dilute the digestive juices in the stomach and hinder the digestion and absorption of food. In addition, drinking water before meals will reduce appetite, so try to avoid it. And drinking an appropriate amount of vegetable soup or beef soup after meals will be beneficial to your growth.
7. Eat happily
When you eat in a pleasant atmosphere, the central nervous system of the brain will also become active, so that the circulatory system and other organs can actively cooperate with the functions of the digestive system, which is beneficial Helps in the digestion and absorption of food.
Good habits, good figure
Some life secrets will help children grow taller. Collected here are several life rules that are easy to implement.
Life Rule 1: Get enough sleep
Children who are in a period of vigorous growth and development will secrete a large amount of growth hormone during sleep. It has been determined that growth hormone secreted during sleep is three times more than when awake. Try to get your children to bed before 10 p.m. If you can sleep deeply, it will not only relieve fatigue, but also promote the secretion of growth hormone. If you want your child to sleep deeply, you must develop regular living habits and go to bed and get up on time.
Life Rule 2: Spend more time in the sun
Growth is closely related to climate. Ultraviolet rays in the sun can promote the formation of vitamin D in the body, and vitamin D can promote the absorption of calcium. , plays an important role in bone development. Taking children outdoors for more activities or sunbathing is very good for bone development.
Life Rule 3: Insist on appropriate exercise
Choose some exercises that are suitable for your child's physical condition and physical strength, and stick to them, which is beneficial to the development of bones. For example, horizontal bar exercise is beneficial to the development of the spine and upper and lower limbs. In addition, jogging or high jump, long jump, or skipping are also good for growing taller. Doing some appropriate exercise before going to bed, such as skipping rope for 10 minutes, will cause your child to secrete more growth hormone during sleep.
Collected and edited from: A must-read for parents
There are tricks to increase height, family tips
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Low pillow and hard bed Wei Xiaoying (female accountant of a company)
My daughter is now in college and is 1.75 meters tall. Tips When she was a baby, I followed the advice of my friends and put her on a hard bed instead of putting a pillow under her head. It is said that this helps the spine to flatten and elongate. Until now, she has become accustomed to sleeping on a low pillow.
Hanging Cai Zhixin (male cadre of a certain government agency) by grabbing the bar
A physical education teacher once told me that hanging from the horizontal bar can pull out long bone joints and help increase height. I have been doing this since my son was two years old. He tied a bamboo pole to the door frame of his home and helped his son to grab the pole with both hands and hang it naturally, counting 200 times each time for several years. He now plays volleyball in a sports school and is 1.88 meters tall.
Bian Xi'an (male professional basketball player) with bone soup stew
My parents are not tall, but among the five of us brothers, except for the eldest brother who is about 1.72 meters tall, we The other three brothers are all over 2 meters tall, and they were selected as athletes by the army and provincial and municipal basketball teams before they finished high school. In those days, living conditions were poor and we couldn't afford meat and oil. My parents often asked acquaintances to buy bones for us to make soup, and we ate a stew every day. Now it seems that stewed bone soup has been our source of nutrition for many years!
Milk eggs Gao Xin (female university teacher)
We parents are not tall, but My son is now in his third year of high school and is 1.88 meters tall. My approach is to ensure that the child drinks two bags of milk and two tea eggs every day from the age of two, which lays a material foundation for his bone development.
Fu Yanping (female university student) in the swimming and touching exercise
My parents have sent me to the swimming team to participate in training camps since I was four years old. I often do bouncing and touching exercises. Today's height of 1.74 meters has something to do with these. In fact, my parents are not tall.
Wang Meiying (Female Magazine Editor) of Qu-Stretching
I am 1.73 meters tall, so I am not very tall, but my parents told me that when I was young, they asked me to I lay flat on the bed and grabbed the iron pole at the head of the bed, while they pulled my feet and stretched them hundreds of times. Maybe they were stretched!
Bounce Li Hongqi (male sports coach of a certain school) )
If you want your child to grow taller, start from an early age and do more bouncing and stretching exercises. This can improve the elasticity of muscles and ligaments and promote bone growth. However, remember not to exercise too much. Fatigue can easily affect the pituitary gland. Secrete growth hormone.
Good Appetite high jumper Xi Junjian (male security cadre of a company)
My fat son is 1.92 meters tall. He has had a good appetite since he was a child, is not picky about meat and vegetables, and likes various sports activities. He has participated in provincial and municipal youth games for many times since elementary school, junior high school and high school, and won the high jump runner-up and shot put championship. I think sports during adolescence are crucial to a child's growth.
Nutrition Exercise Gao Yunfeng (Male, manager of a trading company)
My son is now 1.93 meters tall. A friend from abroad once told me: milk, eggs, jumping = the secret to growing taller. When my son was very young, there was no limit to the number of eggs he could eat every day. One pound of milk was untouchable, and we would urge him to do rope skipping and some high-touching exercises every day. The child has always been the backbone of the school sports team when he was in elementary school, junior high school, and high school. Basketball and long-distance running are his strengths.